Work & commute · Greene

Work & commute in Greene, NY

About one in 5 of Greene’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Greene (24%), Binghamton (10%) and Union (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

124 of 618 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 494 Greene residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 2,398 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greene.

494live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

2,398work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greene goes to work

Greene1.7 mi away

24%146

Binghamton17.5 mi away

10%62

Union19.6 mi away

6%34

Norwich18.7 mi away

5%31

Chenango10.6 mi away

4%25

Vestal23.3 mi away

3%21

Dickinson15.7 mi away

3%16

New York149.1 mi away

2%14

Oxford9.8 mi away

2%14

Kirkwood16.6 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%243

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

How far

How far Greene commutes

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

26%

43%

22%

26%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greene is a job hub

4.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greene are

2,522 jobs are based in Greene. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greene’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greene

2,522 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Greene residents hold

618 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+20%

Jobs based in Greene, 2013 → 2023: 2,098 → 2,522. 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.