Work & commute · Clay

Work & commute in Clay, NY

Most working residents leave Clay for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (26%), DeWitt (12%) and Salina (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

3,780 of 28,152 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

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,372 Clay residents head out of town to work, 3,780 work right here, and 18,028 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clay.

24,372live here, work elsewhere

3,780live and work here

18,028work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clay goes to work

Syracuse9.8 mi away

26%7,426

Clay (in town)right here

13%3,780

DeWitt10.5 mi away

12%3,253

Salina5.2 mi away

8%2,173

Cicero6.8 mi away

6%1,549

Lysander9.2 mi away

2%688

New York208.9 mi away

2%651

Manlius13.7 mi away

2%581

Geddes7.2 mi away

2%501

Camillus9.9 mi away

1%392

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%7,158

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

How far

How far Clay commutes

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

65%

14%

16%

65%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clay is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clay are

21,808 jobs are based in Clay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clay

21,808 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Clay residents hold

28,152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+11%

Jobs based in Clay, 2013 → 2023: 19,666 → 21,808. 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.