Work & commute · Dix

Work & commute in Dix, NY

About one in 4 of Dix’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Corning (6%), Horseheads (5%) and Elmira (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

349 of 1,374 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,025 Dix residents head out of town to work, 349 work right here, and 1,855 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dix.

1,025live here, work elsewhere

349live and work here

1,855work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dix goes to work

Dix (in town)right here

25%349

Corning15.2 mi away

6%79

Horseheads13.7 mi away

5%63

Elmira17.3 mi away

4%60

Hector10.4 mi away

4%52

Montour3.7 mi away

4%50

Reading6.2 mi away

3%44

Ithaca19.1 mi away

3%42

Ithaca21.6 mi away

3%40

Lansing24.7 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%562

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

How far

How far Dix commutes

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

37%

18%

37%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dix is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dix are

2,204 jobs are based in Dix. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dix’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dix

2,204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Dix residents hold

1,374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−8%

Jobs based in Dix, 2013 → 2023: 2,387 → 2,204. 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.