Work & commute · Ilion

Work & commute in Ilion, NY

Most working residents leave Ilion for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are German Flatts (15%), Utica (14%) and Herkimer (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

403 of 3,133 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,730 Ilion residents head out of town to work, 403 work right here, and 1,379 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ilion.

2,730live here, work elsewhere

403live and work here

1,379work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ilion goes to work

German Flatts4.1 mi away

15%479

Utica11.1 mi away

14%426

Herkimer3.9 mi away

10%322

New Hartford12.6 mi away

8%240

Whitestown17.2 mi away

4%113

Frankfort5.3 mi away

4%111

New York171.9 mi away

3%91

Albany67.3 mi away

2%72

Rome27.1 mi away

2%65

Little Falls9.5 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,157

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

How far

How far Ilion commutes

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

35%

32%

26%

35%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ilion is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ilion are

1,782 jobs are based in Ilion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ilion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ilion

1,782 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Ilion residents hold

3,133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−29%

Jobs based in Ilion, 2013 → 2023: 2,507 → 1,782. 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.