Work & commute · Eaton

Work & commute in Eaton, NY

Most working residents leave Eaton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Hamilton (10%), Syracuse (6%) and New York (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

170 of 1,408 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,238 Eaton residents head out of town to work, 170 work right here, and 1,073 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eaton.

1,238live here, work elsewhere

170live and work here

1,073work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eaton goes to work

Eaton (in town)right here

12%170

Hamilton9.8 mi away

10%139

Syracuse28 mi away

6%91

New York176.9 mi away

4%56

Lenox16.6 mi away

3%42

DeWitt25 mi away

3%42

Oneida12.6 mi away

3%40

Vernon13.1 mi away

3%37

Utica24.9 mi away

2%33

Madison6.6 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%726

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

How far

How far Eaton commutes

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

30%

26%

20%

24%

30%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eaton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eaton are

1,243 jobs are based in Eaton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eaton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eaton

1,243 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Eaton residents hold

1,408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−9%

Jobs based in Eaton, 2013 → 2023: 1,373 → 1,243. 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.