Work & commute · Central Square

Work & commute in Central Square, NY

Most working residents leave Central Square for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (16%), DeWitt (11%) and Hastings (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 821 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 767 Central Square residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 1,304 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Central Square.

767live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

1,304work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Central Square goes to work

Syracuse16.9 mi away

16%132

DeWitt16.4 mi away

11%93

Hastings2.5 mi away

9%75

Cicero9 mi away

7%57

Clay7.8 mi away

7%57

Salina12.6 mi away

5%42

Oswego21.7 mi away

3%27

New York213.7 mi away

2%20

Fulton14.2 mi away

2%18

Lysander13.6 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%285

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

How far

How far Central Square commutes

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

19%

59%

16%

19%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Central Square is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Central Square are

1,358 jobs are based in Central Square. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Central Square’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Central Square

1,358 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Central Square residents hold

821 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−5%

Jobs based in Central Square, 2013 → 2023: 1,424 → 1,358. 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.