Tuscarora has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
At home: 2% of workers have no commute at all (New York 15%). Employers in Tuscarora report 87 jobs; 542 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Tuscarora are C− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Tuscarora
Tuscarora is a place people come home to
There are 87 jobs based in Tuscarora, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tuscarora has about 920 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Tuscarora workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Tuscarora are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 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 542 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Tuscarora earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Tuscarora is better than 18% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Tuscarora’s grade up ($77,411, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Tuscarora’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, Tuscarora could be anywhere from D to C+.
The daily commute in and out of Tuscarora
On a workday 527 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 920 people are in Tuscarora on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Tuscarora
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tuscarora workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 578 commuters (the 2% 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.
13% of working residents work in Corning
Where Tuscarora clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Tuscarora: what the 87 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tuscarora, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 87. 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 Tuscarora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Tuscarora
About 28% 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.
Most trips from Tuscarora start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tuscarora is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Tuscarora near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 591 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). 9.7% of Tuscarora households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tuscarora’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,800, Tuscarora ranks 3,844th of 5,400 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% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,842 | Elmwood Township MI | 1,049 | $67K | 11.6% | 4.5% | 1% | C− |
| 3,843 | Mellen Township MI | 1,095 | $51K | 7.3% | 7.3% | 3% | C− |
| 3,844 | Tuscarora NY | 1,370 | $77K | 18.5% | 3.1% | 3% | C− |
| 3,845 | Seeley CA | 1,182 | $63K | 19.5% | 17.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,846 | Crothersville IN | 1,506 | $56K | 26.0% | 2.3% | 12% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Tuscarora, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 11% of Tuscarora
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tuscarora workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscarora | – | C− | D− | 28 min | $77,411 |
| Lindley | under 3% | B− | D | 29 min | $86,518 |
| Addison | 11% | C− | B | 26 min | $57,105 |
| Woodhull | under 3% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $60,106 |
| Rathbone | under 3% | D | C+ | 32 min | $63,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Addison. Darker towns draw more of Tuscarora’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 Tuscarora: questions
What is the median household income in Tuscarora?
$77,411 (±$11,845) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tuscarora?
18.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tuscarora?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tuscarora work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corning (13%, 12 mi), Addison (11%, 6 mi), Erwin (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tuscarora walkable?
Tuscarora is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tuscarora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tuscarora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tuscarora
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.