Work & commute · Interlaken

Work & commute in Interlaken, NY

Most working residents leave Interlaken for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ithaca (20%), Ithaca (12%) and Covert (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 243 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 230 Interlaken residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Interlaken.

230live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Interlaken goes to work

Ithaca17 mi away

20%49

Ithaca16.5 mi away

12%28

Covert2.7 mi away

10%24

Ulysses9.1 mi away

6%14

Lansing10.5 mi away

5%13

Hector11.4 mi away

2%6

Elmira36.5 mi away

2%5

Dryden20.8 mi away

2%4

Ovid4.2 mi away

2%4

Colonie149.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%92

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

How far

How far Interlaken commutes

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

17%

51%

13%

18%

17%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Interlaken is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Interlaken are

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

Jobs based in Interlaken

347 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Interlaken residents hold

243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−5%

Jobs based in Interlaken, 2013 → 2023: 365 → 347. 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.