Work & commute · Ledyard

Work & commute in Ledyard, NY

About one in 5 of Ledyard’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ithaca (6%), Auburn (5%) and Syracuse (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

145 of 718 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 573 Ledyard residents head out of town to work, 145 work right here, and 853 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ledyard.

573live here, work elsewhere

145live and work here

853work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ledyard goes to work

Ledyard (in town)right here

20%145

Ithaca23.9 mi away

6%44

Auburn14.1 mi away

5%37

Syracuse33.8 mi away

5%33

Lansing14.3 mi away

5%33

Ithaca22.6 mi away

4%32

Venice6.8 mi away

4%32

Genoa8.6 mi away

3%25

New York201.5 mi away

3%24

Springport7.4 mi away

3%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%295

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

How far

How far Ledyard commutes

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

31%

18%

21%

31%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ledyard is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ledyard are

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

Jobs based in Ledyard

998 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Ledyard residents hold

718 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+27%

Jobs based in Ledyard, 2013 → 2023: 786 → 998. 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.