Work & commute · Clarkson

Work & commute in Clarkson, NY

Most working residents leave Clarkson for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (24%), Sweden (9%) and Greece (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

111 of 3,203 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 3,092 Clarkson residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 849 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarkson.

3,092live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

849work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarkson goes to work

Rochester16.7 mi away

24%755

Sweden4.7 mi away

9%291

Greece11.7 mi away

8%263

Henrietta19.8 mi away

6%192

Gates12.8 mi away

4%141

Parma6.9 mi away

3%112

Clarkson (in town)right here

3%111

Ogden7.9 mi away

3%110

Brighton19.7 mi away

3%81

New York271.9 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,078

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

How far

How far Clarkson commutes

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

22%

56%

13%

22%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarkson is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarkson are

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

Jobs based in Clarkson

960 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Clarkson residents hold

3,203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−29%

Jobs based in Clarkson, 2013 → 2023: 1,351 → 960. 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.