Work & commute · Ontario

Work & commute in Ontario, NY

Most working residents leave Ontario for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (19%), Webster (10%) and Henrietta (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

708 of 4,926 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 4,218 Ontario residents head out of town to work, 708 work right here, and 3,222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ontario.

4,218live here, work elsewhere

708live and work here

3,222work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ontario goes to work

Rochester16 mi away

19%938

Ontario (in town)right here

14%708

Webster6.6 mi away

10%516

Henrietta21 mi away

5%259

Perinton12.9 mi away

4%210

Penfield9.2 mi away

3%146

Brighton16 mi away

3%133

Pittsford15.9 mi away

2%111

Irondequoit13.1 mi away

2%106

Williamson6.1 mi away

2%101

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,698

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

How far

How far Ontario commutes

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

29%

52%

14%

29%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ontario is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ontario are

3,930 jobs are based in Ontario. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ontario’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ontario

3,930 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Ontario residents hold

4,926 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+23%

Jobs based in Ontario, 2013 → 2023: 3,200 → 3,930. 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.