Work & commute · Lansing

Work & commute in Lansing, NY

Most working residents leave Lansing for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Ithaca (43%), Ithaca (14%) and Lansing (10%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

89 of 1,406 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,317 Lansing residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 3,343 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lansing.

1,317live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

3,343work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lansing goes to work

Ithaca5.9 mi away

43%607

Ithaca3.3 mi away

14%193

Lansing5.8 mi away

10%134

New York182.4 mi away

4%52

Dryden6.4 mi away

3%39

Syracuse41.9 mi away

2%22

Cortland17.4 mi away

1%15

Albany137.3 mi away

1%15

Binghamton39.9 mi away

1%12

Elmira32 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%307

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

How far

How far Lansing commutes

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

70%

16%

70%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lansing is a job hub

2.44jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lansing are

3,432 jobs are based in Lansing. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lansing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lansing

3,432 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Lansing residents hold

1,406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−41%

Jobs based in Lansing, 2013 → 2023: 5,817 → 3,432. 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.