Work & commute · Hector

Work & commute in Hector, NY

Most working residents leave Hector for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Ithaca (15%), Ithaca (11%) and Dix (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

181 of 1,897 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,716 Hector residents head out of town to work, 181 work right here, and 453 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hector.

1,716live here, work elsewhere

181live and work here

453work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hector goes to work

Ithaca12.8 mi away

15%283

Ithaca14.3 mi away

11%204

Dix10.4 mi away

10%184

Hector (in town)right here

10%181

Ulysses9.3 mi away

7%127

Lansing14.8 mi away

5%88

Horseheads20.8 mi away

3%54

Montour8.5 mi away

3%51

Covert9.8 mi away

2%45

Elmira25.2 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%639

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

How far

How far Hector commutes

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

25%

50%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hector is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hector are

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

Jobs based in Hector

634 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Hector residents hold

1,897 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+59%

Jobs based in Hector, 2013 → 2023: 398 → 634. 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.