Work & commute · Lysander

Work & commute in Lysander, NY

Most working residents leave Lysander for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (23%), DeWitt (9%) and Clay (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,190 of 10,198 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,008 Lysander residents head out of town to work, 1,190 work right here, and 4,900 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lysander.

9,008live here, work elsewhere

1,190live and work here

4,900work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lysander goes to work

Syracuse15.3 mi away

23%2,380

Lysander (in town)right here

12%1,190

DeWitt17.7 mi away

9%909

Clay9.2 mi away

7%760

Salina11.6 mi away

6%644

Cicero16 mi away

3%337

Van Buren4.5 mi away

3%281

New York214.5 mi away

2%239

Geddes10.6 mi away

2%201

Camillus8.7 mi away

2%180

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%3,077

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

How far

How far Lysander commutes

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

34%

45%

17%

34%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lysander is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lysander are

6,090 jobs are based in Lysander. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lysander’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lysander

6,090 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Lysander residents hold

10,198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+45%

Jobs based in Lysander, 2013 → 2023: 4,210 → 6,090. 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.