Work & commute · Cato

Work & commute in Cato, NY

Most working residents leave Cato for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (12%), Auburn (10%) and DeWitt (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 1,108 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,064 Cato residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cato.

1,064live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

184work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cato goes to work

Syracuse20.6 mi away

12%128

Auburn13 mi away

10%111

DeWitt23.9 mi away

6%68

Ira6.2 mi away

4%49

Brutus5.2 mi away

4%45

Cato (in town)right here

4%44

Lysander9.3 mi away

4%42

Salina18.5 mi away

3%38

Skaneateles15.5 mi away

3%28

Van Buren9.2 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%528

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

How far

How far Cato commutes

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

19%

54%

11%

17%

19%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cato is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cato are

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

Jobs based in Cato

228 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Cato residents hold

1,108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+88%

Jobs based in Cato, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 228. 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.