Work & commute · Onondaga

Work & commute in Onondaga, NY

Most working residents leave Onondaga for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (34%), DeWitt (10%) and Camillus (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

698 of 10,284 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,586 Onondaga residents head out of town to work, 698 work right here, and 5,328 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Onondaga.

9,586live here, work elsewhere

698live and work here

5,328work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Onondaga goes to work

Syracuse5.8 mi away

34%3,498

DeWitt9.2 mi away

10%993

Onondaga (in town)right here

7%698

Camillus7.5 mi away

4%394

Salina9 mi away

4%389

Clay13.8 mi away

4%380

Geddes6.6 mi away

3%310

New York198.7 mi away

2%243

Manlius13.2 mi away

2%214

Cicero15.7 mi away

2%201

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%2,964

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

How far

How far Onondaga commutes

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

64%

14%

17%

64%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Onondaga is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Onondaga are

6,026 jobs are based in Onondaga. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Onondaga’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Onondaga

6,026 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Onondaga residents hold

10,284 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+80%

Jobs based in Onondaga, 2013 → 2023: 3,341 → 6,026. 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.