Work & commute · Hornell

Work & commute in Hornell, NY

About one in 3 of Hornell’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hornellsville (9%), Alfred (6%) and Bath (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

935 of 3,012 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,077 Hornell residents head out of town to work, 935 work right here, and 2,504 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hornell.

2,077live here, work elsewhere

935live and work here

2,504work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hornell goes to work

Hornell (in town)right here

31%935

Hornellsville0.7 mi away

9%265

Alfred9.6 mi away

6%177

Bath17.7 mi away

5%136

Rochester57.9 mi away

2%70

Corning33.6 mi away

2%69

Wellsville20 mi away

2%65

New York224.6 mi away

2%53

North Dansville15.6 mi away

2%49

Geneseo33.3 mi away

2%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,145

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

How far

How far Hornell commutes

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

48%

12%

15%

24%

48%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hornell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hornell are

3,439 jobs are based in Hornell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hornell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hornell

3,439 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hornell residents hold

3,012 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−14%

Jobs based in Hornell, 2013 → 2023: 3,987 → 3,439. 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.