Work & commute · Chenango

Work & commute in Chenango, NY

Most working residents leave Chenango for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Binghamton (17%), Union (14%) and Dickinson (9%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

406 of 4,768 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,362 Chenango residents head out of town to work, 406 work right here, and 2,703 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chenango.

4,362live here, work elsewhere

406live and work here

2,703work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chenango goes to work

Binghamton7.9 mi away

17%821

Union9.1 mi away

14%647

Dickinson5.9 mi away

9%433

Chenango (in town)right here

9%406

Vestal12.9 mi away

7%318

Fenton5.2 mi away

4%207

New York147.8 mi away

3%129

Kirkwood10.1 mi away

3%126

Greene9.9 mi away

2%119

Conklin12.6 mi away

2%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,473

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

How far

How far Chenango commutes

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

59%

13%

20%

59%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chenango is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chenango are

3,109 jobs are based in Chenango. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chenango’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chenango

3,109 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Chenango residents hold

4,768 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+18%

Jobs based in Chenango, 2013 → 2023: 2,643 → 3,109. 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.