Work & commute · Henderson

Work & commute in Henderson, NY

Most working residents leave Henderson for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (22%), Ellisburg (9%) and Watertown (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 500 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 466 Henderson residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Henderson.

466live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

99work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Henderson goes to work

Watertown15.7 mi away

22%112

Ellisburg8.2 mi away

9%45

Watertown14.1 mi away

8%40

Adams6.3 mi away

7%35

Henderson (in town)right here

7%34

Hounsfield7.3 mi away

4%22

Le Ray24.6 mi away

3%14

Sandy Creek15.8 mi away

2%12

Syracuse56.3 mi away

2%11

DeWitt55.6 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%165

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

How far

How far Henderson commutes

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

24%

45%

22%

24%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Henderson is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Henderson are

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

Jobs based in Henderson

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Henderson residents hold

500 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+12%

Jobs based in Henderson, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 133. 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.