Work & commute · Elbridge

Work & commute in Elbridge, NY

Most working residents leave Elbridge for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (16%), Auburn (7%) and DeWitt (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

307 of 2,303 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,996 Elbridge residents head out of town to work, 307 work right here, and 1,658 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elbridge.

1,996live here, work elsewhere

307live and work here

1,658work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elbridge goes to work

Syracuse14.9 mi away

16%368

Elbridge (in town)right here

13%307

Auburn10.6 mi away

7%157

DeWitt18.4 mi away

6%138

Skaneateles9.5 mi away

5%113

Camillus6.3 mi away

4%86

Lysander9.6 mi away

3%79

Clay15.1 mi away

3%71

Van Buren6.2 mi away

3%66

Salina13.9 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%864

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

How far

How far Elbridge commutes

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

32%

44%

17%

32%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elbridge is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elbridge are

1,965 jobs are based in Elbridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elbridge

1,965 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Elbridge residents hold

2,303 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+4%

Jobs based in Elbridge, 2013 → 2023: 1,898 → 1,965. 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.