Work & commute · Greece

Work & commute in Greece, NY

Most working residents leave Greece for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (32%), Henrietta (8%) and Gates (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

6,906 of 44,283 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 37,377 Greece residents head out of town to work, 6,906 work right here, and 19,596 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greece.

37,377live here, work elsewhere

6,906live and work here

19,596work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greece goes to work

Rochester7 mi away

32%14,127

Greece (in town)right here

16%6,906

Henrietta13.9 mi away

8%3,657

Gates6.8 mi away

5%2,293

Brighton10.9 mi away

4%1,759

Irondequoit7 mi away

3%1,176

Webster12.9 mi away

2%978

Perinton18.1 mi away

2%942

New York263.2 mi away

2%920

Penfield14.6 mi away

2%863

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%10,662

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

How far

How far Greece commutes

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

62%

23%

13%

62%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greece is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greece are

26,502 jobs are based in Greece. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greece’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greece

26,502 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Greece residents hold

44,283 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+9%

Jobs based in Greece, 2013 → 2023: 24,208 → 26,502. 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.