Work & commute · Murray

Work & commute in Murray, NY

Most working residents leave Murray for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (14%), Sweden (7%) and Greece (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

216 of 2,050 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,834 Murray residents head out of town to work, 216 work right here, and 660 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murray.

1,834live here, work elsewhere

216live and work here

660work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murray goes to work

Rochester23 mi away

14%287

Murray (in town)right here

11%216

Sweden8.7 mi away

7%141

Greece18 mi away

7%135

Albion8 mi away

6%129

Henrietta25.3 mi away

4%88

Ogden13.7 mi away

3%66

Gates18.8 mi away

3%66

Buffalo47.7 mi away

3%63

Amherst39.2 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%810

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

How far

How far Murray commutes

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

27%

42%

17%

13%

27%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murray 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 Murray are

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

Jobs based in Murray

876 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Murray residents hold

2,050 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+1%

Jobs based in Murray, 2013 → 2023: 867 → 876. 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.