Photo: J. Passepartout · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in South Corning trail those of 76% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole. Poverty touches 12.4% of residents (New York 14.0%). South Corning grades C for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in South Corning
What drives the Jobs & income grade in South Corning
On income, poverty and job access, South Corning is better than 28% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds South Corning’s grade up (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($58,750, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.4%) is left out: South Corning’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, South Corning could be anywhere from D to B+.
How long South Corning spends getting to work: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of South Corning workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 511 commuters (the 7% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of South Corning
On a workday 470 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in South Corning on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
21% of working residents work in Corning
Where South Corning clocks in
21% of workers
14% of workers
11% 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.
What work there is in South Corning: 289 jobs
289 jobs are based in South Corning.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in South Corning, 2014 → 2024: 276 → 289. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Corning’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of South Corning commutes less than 9 miles
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in South Corning walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 552 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). 4.6% of South Corning households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of South Corning’s commuters take a bus or train.
South Corning next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 1,780th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,778 | Sigel WI | 1,162 | $82K | 21.3% | 4.3% | 2% | C |
| 1,779 | Seelyville IN | 1,000 | $57K | 10.5% | 2.6% | 1% | C |
| 1,780 | South Corning NY | 1,068 | $59K | 12.4% | 6.4% | 2% | C |
| 1,781 | Poultney VT | 1,072 | $71K | 11.4% | 12.1% | 5% | C |
| 1,782 | Medina Township MI | 1,086 | $72K | 9.2% | 7.3% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 South Corning, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 21% of South Corning’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | South Corning workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Corning | – | C | D | 17 min | $58,750 |
| Corning | 21% | C | A+ | 18 min | $61,760 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Corning. Darker towns draw more of South Corning’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 2024, 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 South Corning: questions
What is the median household income in South Corning?
$58,750 (±$19,256) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in South Corning?
12.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from South Corning?
17 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in South Corning work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corning (21%, 2 mi), Erwin (14%, 6 mi), Corning (11%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is South Corning walkable?
South Corning is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around South Corning without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from South Corning, from the people who make the trip.
More of South Corning
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.