Work & commute · Chili

Work & commute in Chili, NY

Most working residents leave Chili for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (29%), Henrietta (11%) and Gates (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

833 of 14,296 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 13,463 Chili residents head out of town to work, 833 work right here, and 6,725 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chili.

13,463live here, work elsewhere

833live and work here

6,725work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chili goes to work

Rochester8.7 mi away

29%4,119

Henrietta5.7 mi away

11%1,546

Gates4.9 mi away

8%1,075

Chili (in town)right here

6%833

Greece11.6 mi away

6%825

Brighton8.6 mi away

4%568

Ogden6.8 mi away

3%478

Perinton15.9 mi away

2%310

New York257.6 mi away

2%270

Penfield15.8 mi away

2%256

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%4,016

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

How far

How far Chili commutes

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

61%

22%

13%

61%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chili is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chili are

7,558 jobs are based in Chili. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chili’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chili

7,558 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Chili residents hold

14,296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+13%

Jobs based in Chili, 2013 → 2023: 6,708 → 7,558. 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.