Work & commute · Dickinson

Work & commute in Dickinson, NY

Most working residents leave Dickinson for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Binghamton (21%), Union (16%) and Vestal (6%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

200 of 1,835 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,635 Dickinson residents head out of town to work, 200 work right here, and 5,537 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dickinson.

1,635live here, work elsewhere

200live and work here

5,537work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dickinson goes to work

Binghamton2 mi away

21%380

Union6.3 mi away

16%298

Dickinson (in town)right here

11%200

Vestal7.8 mi away

6%117

New York143.9 mi away

4%68

Chenango5.9 mi away

4%66

Kirkwood6.3 mi away

3%51

Owego14.9 mi away

3%49

Fenton7.4 mi away

2%44

Conklin7.3 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%522

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

How far

How far Dickinson commutes

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

65%

24%

65%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dickinson is a job hub

3.13jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dickinson are

5,737 jobs are based in Dickinson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dickinson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dickinson

5,737 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Dickinson residents hold

1,835 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+21%

Jobs based in Dickinson, 2013 → 2023: 4,756 → 5,737. 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.