Work & commute · DeWitt

Work & commute in DeWitt, NY

About one in 5 of DeWitt’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (33%), Manlius (5%) and Clay (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

2,147 of 10,973 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

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,826 DeWitt residents head out of town to work, 2,147 work right here, and 37,562 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in DeWitt.

8,826live here, work elsewhere

2,147live and work here

37,562work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where DeWitt goes to work

Syracuse3.7 mi away

33%3,577

DeWitt (in town)right here

20%2,147

Manlius4.6 mi away

5%521

Clay10.5 mi away

4%437

Salina6.1 mi away

4%404

Cicero8.2 mi away

3%317

New York198.4 mi away

3%298

Onondaga9.2 mi away

2%184

Rochester78.3 mi away

1%134

Camillus12.2 mi away

1%120

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%2,834

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

How far

How far DeWitt commutes

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

70%

17%

70%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

DeWitt is a job hub

3.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in DeWitt are

39,709 jobs are based in DeWitt. Here is what they are, next to the jobs DeWitt’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in DeWitt

39,709 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs DeWitt residents hold

10,973 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−2%

Jobs based in DeWitt, 2013 → 2023: 40,712 → 39,709. 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.