Work & commute · Corning

Work & commute in Corning, NY

About one in 4 of Corning’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Erwin (13%), Corning (9%) and Horseheads (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

1,286 of 4,649 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,363 Corning residents head out of town to work, 1,286 work right here, and 7,439 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corning.

3,363live here, work elsewhere

1,286live and work here

7,439work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corning goes to work

Corning (in town)right here

28%1,286

Erwin4.4 mi away

13%604

Corning2.2 mi away

9%434

Horseheads14.2 mi away

5%251

Elmira13.2 mi away

5%248

Big Flats7.3 mi away

4%209

Bath17.9 mi away

3%117

Rochester76.1 mi away

2%82

Campbell8 mi away

1%63

New York191.4 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,314

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.

56%

17%

21%

56%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corning is a job hub

1.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Corning are

8,725 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

8,725 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Corning residents hold

4,649 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+12%

Jobs based in Corning, 2013 → 2023: 7,763 → 8,725. 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.