Work & commute · Brutus

Work & commute in Brutus, NY

Most working residents leave Brutus for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Auburn (14%), Syracuse (10%) and Elbridge (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

176 of 1,919 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,743 Brutus residents head out of town to work, 176 work right here, and 861 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brutus.

1,743live here, work elsewhere

176live and work here

861work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brutus goes to work

Auburn7.8 mi away

14%267

Syracuse20.4 mi away

10%190

Brutus (in town)right here

9%176

Elbridge5.6 mi away

5%98

Skaneateles11.4 mi away

4%84

DeWitt24 mi away

4%80

Salina19.4 mi away

3%51

New York212.4 mi away

2%45

Owasco10.8 mi away

2%40

Sennett4.9 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%850

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

How far

How far Brutus commutes

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

40%

33%

18%

40%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brutus is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brutus are

1,037 jobs are based in Brutus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brutus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brutus

1,037 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Brutus residents hold

1,919 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+18%

Jobs based in Brutus, 2013 → 2023: 877 → 1,037. 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.