Work & commute · Galen

Work & commute in Galen, NY

Most working residents leave Galen for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Arcadia (12%), Lyons (8%) and Rochester (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

175 of 1,765 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,590 Galen residents head out of town to work, 175 work right here, and 575 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Galen.

1,590live here, work elsewhere

175live and work here

575work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Galen goes to work

Arcadia10.5 mi away

12%220

Galen (in town)right here

10%175

Lyons6.6 mi away

8%150

Rochester37.8 mi away

5%89

Seneca Falls11.6 mi away

4%66

Savannah6.4 mi away

3%61

Geneva14.8 mi away

3%54

Auburn18.2 mi away

3%49

Waterloo10.2 mi away

2%44

New York224.6 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%816

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

How far

How far Galen commutes

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

28%

36%

23%

14%

28%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Galen is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Galen are

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

Jobs based in Galen

750 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Galen residents hold

1,765 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−20%

Jobs based in Galen, 2013 → 2023: 935 → 750. 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.