Work & commute · Oneonta

Work & commute in Oneonta, NY

Most working residents leave Oneonta for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Oneonta (22%), New York (7%) and Otsego (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

239 of 1,801 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,562 Oneonta residents head out of town to work, 239 work right here, and 3,851 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oneonta.

1,562live here, work elsewhere

239live and work here

3,851work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oneonta goes to work

Oneonta2.7 mi away

22%393

Oneonta (in town)right here

13%239

New York135.8 mi away

7%129

Otsego24.1 mi away

4%72

Albany68.3 mi away

3%59

Milford10.4 mi away

2%40

Delhi14.4 mi away

2%38

Colonie70.3 mi away

2%33

Davenport10.3 mi away

2%33

Hartwick15.8 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%745

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

How far

How far Oneonta commutes

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

40%

16%

10%

34%

40%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oneonta is a job hub

2.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oneonta are

4,090 jobs are based in Oneonta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oneonta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oneonta

4,090 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Oneonta residents hold

1,801 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−5%

Jobs based in Oneonta, 2013 → 2023: 4,286 → 4,090. 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.