Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in North Collins are lower than in 64% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in North Collins; the top destination outside it is Buffalo (15%, 21 miles). 13.8% of residents are in poverty, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. For jobs and income North Collins is better than 36% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in North Collins: the figures worth knowing
North Collins makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in North Collins are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs North Collins residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from North Collins are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 543 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind North Collins’ Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds North Collins’ grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (7.6%) is left out: North Collins’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, North Collins could be anywhere from C− to B.
A place that makes things: 48% of North Collins’ jobs are in goods
531 jobs are based in North Collins.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Collins, 2013 → 2023: 455 → 531. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Collins’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from North Collins
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Collins workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 428 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
North Collins by day and by night
On a workday 495 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 483 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where North Collins goes to work
Where North Collins clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The distance from North Collins to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how North Collins gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 474 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.6% of North Collins households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of North Collins’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, North Collins is 2,392nd among 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,390 | Avis PA | 1,461 | $61K | 9.2% | 7.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,391 | Savannah NY | 1,607 | $63K | 6.1% | 6.6% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,392 | North Collins NY | 1,252 | $67K | 13.8% | 7.6% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,393 | Rockbridge Township IL | 1,476 | $77K | 8.8% | 3.5% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,394 | Prairie Township IL | 1,204 | $68K | 8.8% | 1.7% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of North Collins, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
North Collins and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | North Collins workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Collins | – | C+ | B+ | 24 min | $66,607 |
| Brant | under 3% | B− | D | 26 min | $89,531 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of North Collins’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in North Collins: questions
What is the median household income in North Collins?
$66,607 (±$23,771) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Collins?
13.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Collins?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Collins work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Buffalo (15%, 21 mi), North Collins (13%, 4 mi), Hamburg (12%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is North Collins walkable?
North Collins is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around North Collins without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Collins, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Collins
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.