Work & commute · Freeville

Work & commute in Freeville, NY

Most working residents leave Freeville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ithaca (17%), Dryden (14%) and Ithaca (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 223 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 220 Freeville residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freeville.

220live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freeville goes to work

Ithaca12 mi away

17%38

Dryden2.3 mi away

14%31

Ithaca9.3 mi away

8%18

New York178.1 mi away

7%15

Lansing10.4 mi away

6%14

Cortlandville13.3 mi away

5%12

Cortland10.5 mi away

5%11

Groton5.3 mi away

4%8

Elmira37.3 mi away

1%3

Syracuse38.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%70

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

How far

How far Freeville commutes

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

50%

14%

13%

22%

50%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freeville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Freeville are

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

Jobs based in Freeville

324 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Freeville residents hold

223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+604%

Jobs based in Freeville, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 324. 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.