Work & commute · Mexico

Work & commute in Mexico, NY

Most working residents leave Mexico for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Oswego (12%), Mexico (12%) and Syracuse (11%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 651 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 606 Mexico residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 751 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mexico.

606live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

751work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mexico goes to work

Oswego13.6 mi away

12%81

Mexico1.6 mi away

12%79

Syracuse29.6 mi away

11%72

DeWitt29.5 mi away

5%32

Cicero22.1 mi away

4%26

Clay19.9 mi away

4%24

Oswego16.8 mi away

3%22

Richland6.8 mi away

3%21

Fulton13.8 mi away

3%20

Salina25.1 mi away

3%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%256

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

How far

How far Mexico commutes

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

20%

39%

24%

17%

20%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mexico is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mexico are

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

Jobs based in Mexico

796 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Mexico residents hold

651 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−11%

Jobs based in Mexico, 2013 → 2023: 892 → 796. 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.