Work & commute · Norwich

Work & commute in Norwich, NY

About one in 4 of Norwich’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Norwich (12%), Syracuse (4%) and New York (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

700 of 2,579 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,879 Norwich residents head out of town to work, 700 work right here, and 3,486 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norwich.

1,879live here, work elsewhere

700live and work here

3,486work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norwich goes to work

Norwich (in town)right here

27%700

Norwich2.4 mi away

12%313

Syracuse47.1 mi away

4%92

New York153 mi away

3%82

Greene19.5 mi away

3%79

Binghamton35.8 mi away

3%77

Sherburne11.3 mi away

3%77

North Norwich4 mi away

2%49

New Berlin7.2 mi away

2%44

DeWitt45.5 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,022

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

How far

How far Norwich commutes

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

44%

13%

21%

44%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norwich is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norwich are

4,186 jobs are based in Norwich. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norwich’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norwich

4,186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Norwich residents hold

2,579 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−15%

Jobs based in Norwich, 2013 → 2023: 4,952 → 4,186. 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.