Work & commute · Auburn

Work & commute in Auburn, NY

About one in 3 of Auburn’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (6%), Skaneateles (4%) and New York (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

3,466 of 10,349 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,883 Auburn residents head out of town to work, 3,466 work right here, and 8,210 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Auburn.

6,883live here, work elsewhere

3,466live and work here

8,210work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Auburn goes to work

Auburn (in town)right here

33%3,466

Syracuse22.7 mi away

6%635

Skaneateles8.4 mi away

4%431

New York207.2 mi away

3%301

Aurelius5.1 mi away

3%284

Owasco4.7 mi away

2%252

DeWitt26.4 mi away

2%245

Sennett3.9 mi away

2%221

Elbridge10.6 mi away

2%200

Seneca Falls11.4 mi away

2%173

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%4,141

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Auburn commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

49%

19%

12%

19%

49%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Auburn is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Auburn are

11,676 jobs are based in Auburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Auburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Auburn

11,676 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Auburn residents hold

10,349 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−12%

Jobs based in Auburn, 2013 → 2023: 13,341 → 11,676. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.