Work & commute · Johnson

Work & commute in Johnson, NY

Most working residents leave Johnson for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Union (25%), Binghamton (21%) and Vestal (8%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

846 of 5,495 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,649 Johnson residents head out of town to work, 846 work right here, and 7,300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Johnson.

4,649live here, work elsewhere

846live and work here

7,300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Johnson goes to work

Union3.5 mi away

25%1,367

Binghamton3.2 mi away

21%1,167

Vestal5.9 mi away

8%445

Dickinson2.8 mi away

6%340

New York145.7 mi away

4%219

Owego12.1 mi away

2%127

Kirkwood8.8 mi away

2%124

Conklin8.8 mi away

2%95

Chenango7 mi away

2%94

Syracuse63.9 mi away

1%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,442

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

How far

How far Johnson commutes

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

68%

24%

68%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Johnson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Johnson are

8,146 jobs are based in Johnson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Johnson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Johnson

8,146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Johnson residents hold

5,495 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−20%

Jobs based in Johnson, 2013 → 2023: 10,192 → 8,146. 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.