Work & commute · Bath

Work & commute in Bath, NY

About one in 4 of Bath’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Corning (8%), Erwin (6%) and Urbana (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

1,100 of 4,100 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,000 Bath residents head out of town to work, 1,100 work right here, and 2,790 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bath.

3,000live here, work elsewhere

1,100live and work here

2,790work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bath goes to work

Bath (in town)right here

27%1,100

Corning17.9 mi away

8%331

Erwin15.6 mi away

6%233

Urbana7.6 mi away

5%222

Campbell10 mi away

3%113

Hornell17.7 mi away

2%98

Corning19.6 mi away

2%96

Horseheads29.8 mi away

2%94

Rochester60.5 mi away

2%73

Elmira30.4 mi away

2%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,668

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

How far

How far Bath commutes

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

34%

27%

15%

23%

34%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bath is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bath are

3,890 jobs are based in Bath. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bath’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bath

3,890 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Bath residents hold

4,100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−28%

Jobs based in Bath, 2013 → 2023: 5,429 → 3,890. 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.