Work & commute · Moravia

Work & commute in Moravia, NY

Most working residents leave Moravia for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Moravia (19%), Auburn (7%) and Ithaca (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

75 of 467 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 392 Moravia residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 745 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moravia.

392live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

745work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moravia goes to work

Moravia1.8 mi away

19%91

Auburn17 mi away

7%35

Ithaca21.5 mi away

6%26

Lansing11.5 mi away

4%20

Cortland14.6 mi away

3%16

Syracuse26.8 mi away

3%16

Cortlandville17.2 mi away

3%14

Ithaca19 mi away

3%12

New York191 mi away

2%11

Owasco13 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%217

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

How far

How far Moravia commutes

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

25%

40%

12%

23%

25%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moravia is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Moravia are

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

Jobs based in Moravia

820 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Moravia residents hold

467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−31%

Jobs based in Moravia, 2013 → 2023: 1,197 → 820. 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.