Work & commute · Newfield

Work & commute in Newfield, NY

Most working residents leave Newfield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Ithaca (26%), Ithaca (21%) and Lansing (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

129 of 2,081 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 1,952 Newfield residents head out of town to work, 129 work right here, and 346 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newfield.

1,952live here, work elsewhere

129live and work here

346work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newfield goes to work

Ithaca9.2 mi away

26%536

Ithaca6.4 mi away

21%431

Newfield (in town)right here

6%129

Lansing16.3 mi away

6%118

New York180.3 mi away

3%70

Dryden16 mi away

2%36

Ulysses12.2 mi away

2%34

Elmira19.7 mi away

2%33

Syracuse54.1 mi away

2%33

Horseheads15.1 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%631

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

How far

How far Newfield commutes

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

49%

24%

20%

49%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newfield is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newfield are

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

Jobs based in Newfield

475 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Newfield residents hold

2,081 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Newfield, 2013 → 2023: 478 → 475. 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.