Work & commute · Nanticoke

Work & commute in Nanticoke, NY

Most working residents leave Nanticoke for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Union (15%), Triangle (11%) and Binghamton (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 619 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 Nanticoke residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nanticoke.

606live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nanticoke goes to work

Union11 mi away

15%95

Triangle7 mi away

11%65

Binghamton14 mi away

10%63

Vestal16.3 mi away

5%34

Dickinson12.3 mi away

4%22

Chenango8 mi away

3%19

New York155.7 mi away

3%17

Owego16.2 mi away

2%14

Greene14 mi away

2%14

Nanticoke (in town)right here

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%263

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

How far

How far Nanticoke commutes

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

19%

48%

24%

19%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nanticoke is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nanticoke are

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

Jobs based in Nanticoke

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Nanticoke residents hold

619 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+10%

Jobs based in Nanticoke, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 67. 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.