Work & commute · Binghamton

Work & commute in Binghamton, NY

Most working residents leave Binghamton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Binghamton (24%), Union (15%) and Dickinson (9%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

75 of 1,988 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,913 Binghamton residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 362 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Binghamton.

1,913live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

362work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Binghamton goes to work

Binghamton4.6 mi away

24%482

Union9 mi away

15%291

Dickinson6.6 mi away

9%186

Conklin3.6 mi away

6%118

Vestal5.8 mi away

5%109

Kirkwood6.7 mi away

4%76

Binghamton (in town)right here

4%75

New York139.3 mi away

3%52

Owego15.2 mi away

2%31

Chenango12.5 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%538

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

How far

How far Binghamton commutes

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

69%

20%

69%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Binghamton is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Binghamton are

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

Jobs based in Binghamton

437 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Binghamton residents hold

1,988 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−18%

Jobs based in Binghamton, 2013 → 2023: 532 → 437. 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.