Work & commute · Candor

Work & commute in Candor, NY

Most working residents leave Candor for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Ithaca (14%), Owego (11%) and Ithaca (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

245 of 2,142 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,897 Candor residents head out of town to work, 245 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Candor.

1,897live here, work elsewhere

245live and work here

321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Candor goes to work

Ithaca17.5 mi away

14%307

Candor (in town)right here

11%245

Owego11.3 mi away

11%238

Ithaca18 mi away

10%208

Lansing26.2 mi away

4%91

New York163.6 mi away

4%76

Union16 mi away

3%71

Vestal19.4 mi away

3%60

Binghamton22.5 mi away

3%54

Dryden17.8 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%749

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

How far

How far Candor commutes

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

20%

53%

21%

20%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Candor is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Candor are

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

Jobs based in Candor

566 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Candor residents hold

2,142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+3%

Jobs based in Candor, 2013 → 2023: 551 → 566. 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.