Work & commute · Mentz

Work & commute in Mentz, NY

Most working residents leave Mentz for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Auburn (17%), Syracuse (6%) and Elbridge (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 889 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 831 Mentz residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 320 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mentz.

831live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

320work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mentz goes to work

Auburn8.1 mi away

17%148

Mentz (in town)right here

7%58

Syracuse24.8 mi away

6%50

Elbridge10 mi away

4%37

Brutus4.4 mi away

4%33

DeWitt28.4 mi away

3%28

Skaneateles14.4 mi away

3%27

Lysander16.4 mi away

3%24

Owasco12.4 mi away

2%21

Clay24.2 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%442

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

How far

How far Mentz commutes

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

41%

27%

15%

16%

41%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mentz is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mentz are

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

Jobs based in Mentz

378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Mentz residents hold

889 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−19%

Jobs based in Mentz, 2013 → 2023: 465 → 378. 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.