Work & commute · Dryden

Work & commute in Dryden, NY

Most working residents leave Dryden for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Ithaca (25%), Ithaca (14%) and Lansing (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

603 of 5,538 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,935 Dryden residents head out of town to work, 603 work right here, and 2,624 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dryden.

4,935live here, work elsewhere

603live and work here

2,624work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dryden goes to work

Ithaca10.1 mi away

25%1,412

Ithaca7.6 mi away

14%774

Dryden (in town)right here

11%603

Lansing10.5 mi away

9%486

New York177.3 mi away

3%184

Cortland12.6 mi away

3%169

Cortlandville15.2 mi away

3%163

Syracuse40.4 mi away

1%77

Groton7.2 mi away

1%66

Albany131.1 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,560

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

How far

How far Dryden commutes

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

55%

16%

12%

18%

55%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dryden is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dryden are

3,227 jobs are based in Dryden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dryden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dryden

3,227 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Dryden residents hold

5,538 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−11%

Jobs based in Dryden, 2013 → 2023: 3,623 → 3,227. 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.