Work & commute · Cayuta

Work & commute in Cayuta, NY

Most working residents leave Cayuta for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ithaca (11%), Dix (10%) and Montour (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 174 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 172 Cayuta residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cayuta.

172live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cayuta goes to work

Ithaca12.4 mi away

11%19

Dix12.3 mi away

10%17

Montour9.2 mi away

9%15

Ithaca15.2 mi away

7%12

Horseheads9.1 mi away

6%11

Lansing22.1 mi away

5%8

Corning21.1 mi away

4%7

Elmira13.7 mi away

4%7

Catharine5.8 mi away

3%6

Big Flats15 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%66

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

How far

How far Cayuta commutes

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

19%

55%

20%

19%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cayuta is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cayuta are

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

Jobs based in Cayuta

208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Cayuta residents hold

174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+24%

Jobs based in Cayuta, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 208. 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.