Work & commute · Cairo

Work & commute in Cairo, NY

Most working residents leave Cairo for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Catskill (14%), New York (9%) and Albany (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

311 of 2,791 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,480 Cairo residents head out of town to work, 311 work right here, and 923 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cairo.

2,480live here, work elsewhere

311live and work here

923work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cairo goes to work

Catskill7.4 mi away

14%381

Cairo (in town)right here

11%311

New York113.1 mi away

9%249

Albany27.7 mi away

6%154

Hudson12.2 mi away

4%112

Colonie32.7 mi away

4%111

Coxsackie8.4 mi away

3%91

Saugerties14.3 mi away

3%74

Windham10.3 mi away

2%64

Kingston25.5 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,187

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

How far

How far Cairo commutes

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

28%

27%

22%

23%

28%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cairo is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cairo are

1,234 jobs are based in Cairo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cairo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cairo

1,234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Cairo residents hold

2,791 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+22%

Jobs based in Cairo, 2013 → 2023: 1,011 → 1,234. 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.