Work & commute · Covert

Work & commute in Covert, NY

Most working residents leave Covert for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Ithaca (18%), Ithaca (12%) and Ulysses (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

113 of 942 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 829 Covert residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 469 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Covert.

829live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

469work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Covert goes to work

Ithaca14.2 mi away

18%171

Covert (in town)right here

12%113

Ithaca13.8 mi away

12%109

Ulysses6.4 mi away

8%79

Lansing8.5 mi away

5%43

New York194.7 mi away

4%33

Hector9.8 mi away

3%24

Syracuse42.2 mi away

2%19

Albany147.4 mi away

1%14

Dryden18.5 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%324

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

How far

How far Covert commutes

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

26%

43%

14%

18%

26%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Covert is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Covert are

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

Jobs based in Covert

582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Covert residents hold

942 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+6%

Jobs based in Covert, 2013 → 2023: 547 → 582. 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.