Work & commute · Marcellus

Work & commute in Marcellus, NY

Most working residents leave Marcellus for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (26%), Marcellus (11%) and DeWitt (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 831 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 762 Marcellus residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 663 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marcellus.

762live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

663work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marcellus goes to work

Syracuse10.7 mi away

26%215

Marcellus3 mi away

11%95

DeWitt14.4 mi away

5%45

Camillus5.9 mi away

5%42

Skaneateles5.5 mi away

5%40

Onondaga5.9 mi away

4%32

Clay15.4 mi away

3%29

Salina12 mi away

3%26

New York202.5 mi away

3%25

Auburn12 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%265

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

How far

How far Marcellus commutes

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

31%

48%

17%

31%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marcellus is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marcellus are

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

Jobs based in Marcellus

732 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Marcellus residents hold

831 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+3%

Jobs based in Marcellus, 2013 → 2023: 712 → 732. 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.