Work & commute · East Syracuse

Work & commute in East Syracuse, NY

Most working residents leave East Syracuse for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (25%), DeWitt (23%) and Manlius (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 1,334 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,268 East Syracuse residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 2,934 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Syracuse.

1,268live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

2,934work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Syracuse goes to work

Syracuse4 mi away

25%331

DeWitt0.7 mi away

23%301

Manlius4.6 mi away

5%72

Clay10 mi away

5%63

Cicero7.5 mi away

4%59

Salina5.9 mi away

4%54

New York198.9 mi away

3%35

Onondaga9.6 mi away

1%19

Camillus12.3 mi away

1%17

Geddes7.9 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%367

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

How far

How far East Syracuse commutes

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

69%

17%

69%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Syracuse is a job hub

2.25jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Syracuse are

3,000 jobs are based in East Syracuse. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Syracuse’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Syracuse

3,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs East Syracuse residents hold

1,334 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−5%

Jobs based in East Syracuse, 2013 → 2023: 3,162 → 3,000. 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.