Stockton has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
7% of workers have no commute at all; New York has 15%. 144 jobs are based in Stockton, against 742 working residents. For jobs and income Stockton is better than 45% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Stockton
Stockton is a place people come home to
There are 144 jobs based in Stockton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stockton has about 1,400 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Stockton are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 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 742 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Stockton’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Stockton’s grade up (6.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Stockton’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, Stockton could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How many people are in Stockton by day
On a workday 719 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Stockton on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Stockton: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stockton workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 870 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.
14% of working residents work in Chautauqua
Where Stockton clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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 Stockton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stockton, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 144. 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 Stockton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Stockton’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Stockton walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 934 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Stockton households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stockton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stockton next to U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700: 2,499th of 5,509 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,497 | Ganges Township MI | 2,676 | $78K | 13.0% | 4.4% | 6% | B− |
| 2,498 | Pokagon Township MI | 2,084 | $72K | 9.0% | 5.2% | 3% | B− |
| 2,499 | Stockton NY | 1,999 | $74K | 6.6% | 3.6% | 3% | B− |
| 2,500 | Blaine TN | 2,212 | $77K | 8.9% | 8.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,501 | Holton Township MI | 2,674 | $73K | 10.1% | 3.7% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Stockton, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Stockton and its neighbors: 19% work next door
The biggest share goes to Chautauqua (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stockton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockton | – | B− | B | 23 min | $73,500 |
| Chautauqua | 14% | C− | B | 22 min | $68,795 |
| Ellery | under 4% | C+ | B− | 23 min | $86,833 |
| Charlotte | under 4% | C− | C | 30 min | $61,082 |
| Pomfret | 5% | C− | A− | 18 min | $57,746 |
| Arkwright | under 4% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Arkwright: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stockton’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 Stockton: questions
What is the median household income in Stockton?
$73,500 (±$21,441) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stockton?
6.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stockton?
23 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 Stockton work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chautauqua (14%, 9 mi), Ellicott (8%, 13 mi), Jamestown (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stockton walkable?
Stockton is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stockton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stockton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stockton
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.