Work & commute · Geneva

Work & commute in Geneva, NY

Most working residents leave Geneva for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Geneva (28%), Rochester (6%) and Waterloo (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

132 of 1,535 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,403 Geneva residents head out of town to work, 132 work right here, and 1,549 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Geneva.

1,403live here, work elsewhere

132live and work here

1,549work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Geneva goes to work

Geneva2.4 mi away

28%428

Geneva (in town)right here

9%132

Rochester38.7 mi away

6%98

Waterloo7.6 mi away

3%43

Hopewell10.5 mi away

3%40

Henrietta35.5 mi away

3%40

New York217.9 mi away

2%37

Milo15.4 mi away

2%36

Seneca Falls12.1 mi away

2%34

Phelps8.4 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%615

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

How far

How far Geneva commutes

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

45%

19%

23%

13%

45%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Geneva is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Geneva are

1,681 jobs are based in Geneva. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Geneva’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Geneva

1,681 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Geneva residents hold

1,535 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−8%

Jobs based in Geneva, 2013 → 2023: 1,819 → 1,681. 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.