Work & commute · Corning

Work & commute in Corning, NY

Most working residents leave Corning for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Corning (21%), Erwin (12%) and Elmira (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

312 of 2,580 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,268 Corning residents head out of town to work, 312 work right here, and 3,119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corning.

2,268live here, work elsewhere

312live and work here

3,119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corning goes to work

Corning2.2 mi away

21%551

Erwin6.5 mi away

12%319

Corning (in town)right here

12%312

Elmira11.2 mi away

8%196

Big Flats5.2 mi away

6%149

Horseheads12.1 mi away

6%145

Bath19.6 mi away

2%47

New York189.6 mi away

2%41

Rochester76.9 mi away

2%40

Campbell9.6 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%743

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

How far

How far Corning commutes

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

57%

16%

22%

57%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corning is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Corning are

3,431 jobs are based in Corning. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Corning’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Corning

3,431 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Corning residents hold

2,580 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−34%

Jobs based in Corning, 2013 → 2023: 5,181 → 3,431. 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.