Work & commute · Chemung

Work & commute in Chemung, NY

Most working residents leave Chemung for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Elmira (19%), Barton (10%) and Horseheads (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 935 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 881 Chemung residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 902 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chemung.

881live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

902work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chemung goes to work

Elmira10.8 mi away

19%176

Barton6.1 mi away

10%98

Horseheads11.3 mi away

9%83

Sayre, PA6.5 mi away

9%81

Chemung (in town)right here

6%54

Corning24 mi away

3%26

Big Flats16.8 mi away

3%26

Ithaca25 mi away

2%20

Syracuse72 mi away

2%15

Nichols13.3 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%342

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

How far

How far Chemung commutes

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

36%

34%

11%

19%

36%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chemung is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chemung are

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

Jobs based in Chemung

956 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Chemung residents hold

935 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+137%

Jobs based in Chemung, 2013 → 2023: 403 → 956. 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.