Work & commute · Geneseo

Work & commute in Geneseo, NY

Most working residents leave Geneseo for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Geneseo (13%), Rochester (10%) and Henrietta (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

243 of 2,122 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,879 Geneseo residents head out of town to work, 243 work right here, and 3,305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Geneseo.

1,879live here, work elsewhere

243live and work here

3,305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Geneseo goes to work

Geneseo1.6 mi away

13%274

Rochester27.4 mi away

10%218

Henrietta19.6 mi away

5%99

New York248.2 mi away

4%77

Buffalo53.6 mi away

4%76

Amherst50.2 mi away

3%72

York6.1 mi away

3%62

Avon8.2 mi away

2%50

Gates24.9 mi away

2%48

Mount Morris10.4 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,102

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

How far

How far Geneseo commutes

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

24%

27%

26%

24%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Geneseo is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Geneseo are

3,548 jobs are based in Geneseo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Geneseo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Geneseo

3,548 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Geneseo residents hold

2,122 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+8%

Jobs based in Geneseo, 2013 → 2023: 3,273 → 3,548. 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.