Work & commute · Bath

Work & commute in Bath, NY

Most working residents leave Bath for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Bath (29%), Corning (7%) and Urbana (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

343 of 2,024 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,681 Bath residents head out of town to work, 343 work right here, and 1,510 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bath.

1,681live here, work elsewhere

343live and work here

1,510work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bath goes to work

Bath0.9 mi away

29%584

Corning18.6 mi away

7%145

Urbana6.9 mi away

6%124

Erwin16.4 mi away

5%104

Hornell17.7 mi away

3%61

Milo24.6 mi away

2%40

Corning20.2 mi away

2%39

Horseheads30.1 mi away

2%38

Elmira30.9 mi away

2%34

Rochester59.6 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%821

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.

37%

23%

17%

23%

37%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bath is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bath are

1,853 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

1,853 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Bath residents hold

2,024 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−41%

Jobs based in Bath, 2013 → 2023: 3,143 → 1,853. 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.