Work & commute · Oneida

Work & commute in Oneida, NY

Most working residents leave Oneida for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Verona (11%), Syracuse (7%) and Lenox (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

851 of 4,465 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 3,614 Oneida residents head out of town to work, 851 work right here, and 4,260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oneida.

3,614live here, work elsewhere

851live and work here

4,260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oneida goes to work

Oneida (in town)right here

19%851

Verona6.6 mi away

11%475

Syracuse23.8 mi away

7%325

Lenox5.1 mi away

6%266

Vernon7 mi away

6%252

Utica22.7 mi away

5%203

Rome14.2 mi away

5%203

DeWitt20.1 mi away

3%156

New York188.8 mi away

2%110

New Hartford19.8 mi away

2%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,535

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

How far

How far Oneida commutes

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

42%

30%

11%

17%

42%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oneida is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oneida are

5,111 jobs are based in Oneida. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oneida’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oneida

5,111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Oneida residents hold

4,465 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−4%

Jobs based in Oneida, 2013 → 2023: 5,347 → 5,111. 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.