Work & commute · Canandaigua

Work & commute in Canandaigua, NY

Most working residents leave Canandaigua for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (10%), Canandaigua (8%) and Hopewell (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

860 of 4,973 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 4,113 Canandaigua residents head out of town to work, 860 work right here, and 5,251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canandaigua.

4,113live here, work elsewhere

860live and work here

5,251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canandaigua goes to work

Canandaigua (in town)right here

17%860

Rochester25.8 mi away

10%518

Canandaigua2.6 mi away

8%406

Hopewell4.3 mi away

5%231

Victor10.2 mi away

5%229

Henrietta21.5 mi away

4%201

Perinton15.1 mi away

3%169

Farmington7.1 mi away

3%167

Geneva15.2 mi away

3%142

Manchester8.1 mi away

2%115

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,935

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

How far

How far Canandaigua commutes

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

39%

37%

11%

14%

39%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canandaigua is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Canandaigua are

6,111 jobs are based in Canandaigua. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canandaigua’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Canandaigua

6,111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Canandaigua residents hold

4,973 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−4%

Jobs based in Canandaigua, 2013 → 2023: 6,372 → 6,111. 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.