Work & commute · North Syracuse

Work & commute in North Syracuse, NY

Most working residents leave North Syracuse for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (26%), DeWitt (13%) and Clay (13%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

166 of 3,066 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,900 North Syracuse residents head out of town to work, 166 work right here, and 2,801 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Syracuse.

2,900live here, work elsewhere

166live and work here

2,801work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Syracuse goes to work

Syracuse6.4 mi away

26%789

DeWitt6.3 mi away

13%403

Clay4.4 mi away

13%394

Cicero4.6 mi away

9%273

Salina2.9 mi away

7%203

New York204.6 mi away

3%81

Manlius9.4 mi away

2%65

Geddes6.2 mi away

2%53

Rochester75 mi away

1%37

Camillus10.4 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%737

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

How far

How far North Syracuse commutes

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

73%

16%

73%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Syracuse is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Syracuse are

2,967 jobs are based in North Syracuse. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Syracuse’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Syracuse

2,967 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs North Syracuse residents hold

3,066 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−13%

Jobs based in North Syracuse, 2013 → 2023: 3,412 → 2,967. 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.