Work & commute · Cortlandville

Work & commute in Cortlandville, NY

Most working residents leave Cortlandville for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Cortland (19%), Ithaca (5%) and Dryden (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

580 of 3,256 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,676 Cortlandville residents head out of town to work, 580 work right here, and 4,821 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cortlandville.

2,676live here, work elsewhere

580live and work here

4,821work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cortlandville goes to work

Cortland3.1 mi away

19%625

Cortlandville (in town)right here

18%580

Ithaca25.2 mi away

5%170

Dryden15.2 mi away

4%129

Lansing21.2 mi away

3%112

Homer4.8 mi away

3%108

Ithaca22.5 mi away

3%106

New York175 mi away

3%106

Syracuse30.3 mi away

3%87

Binghamton36.3 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,175

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

How far

How far Cortlandville commutes

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

45%

19%

16%

20%

45%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cortlandville is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cortlandville are

5,401 jobs are based in Cortlandville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cortlandville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cortlandville

5,401 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Cortlandville residents hold

3,256 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−6%

Jobs based in Cortlandville, 2013 → 2023: 5,740 → 5,401. 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.