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Work & commute · Caroline

Work & commute in Caroline, NY

Most working residents leave Caroline for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ithaca (27%), Ithaca (22%) and Lansing (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
40 of 1,398 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
22%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,358 Caroline residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caroline.

1,358live here, work elsewhere
40live and work here
290work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Caroline goes to work

CortlandIthacaSyracuseAlbanyNew YorkCarolineLansingCandorDrydenEnfieldNewfieldUlyssesBerkshireOwegoRichfordDanbyIthacaIthacaIthacaLansingDrydenNew YorkSyracuseAlbanyUlyssesOwegoCaroline
1
Ithaca11.2 mi away
27%381
2
Ithaca10.4 mi away
22%307
3
Lansing17.6 mi away
6%90
4
Dryden8.5 mi away
4%54
5
New York170.5 mi away
4%52
6
Caroline (in town)right here
3%40
7
Syracuse48.2 mi away
2%32
8
Albany130.9 mi away
1%15
9
Ulysses18 mi away
1%15
10
Owego20.1 mi away
1%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%397

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

How far

How far Caroline commutes

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

47%Under 10 mi
23%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Caroline is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Caroline are

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

Jobs based in Caroline

330 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)77%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Caroline residents hold

1,398 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month65%
−36%

Jobs based in Caroline, 2013 → 2023: 518 → 330. 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.

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