Work & commute · Oswego

Work & commute in Oswego, NY

Most working residents leave Oswego for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Oswego (22%), Syracuse (6%) and Scriba (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

238 of 2,273 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,035 Oswego residents head out of town to work, 238 work right here, and 2,838 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oswego.

2,035live here, work elsewhere

238live and work here

2,838work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oswego goes to work

Oswego4.6 mi away

22%511

Oswego (in town)right here

10%238

Syracuse32.4 mi away

6%126

Scriba7.8 mi away

4%97

Fulton8.9 mi away

4%91

New York232.1 mi away

4%89

DeWitt34.2 mi away

2%55

Clay23.9 mi away

2%49

Rochester55.8 mi away

2%40

Albany148.2 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%945

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

How far

How far Oswego commutes

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

40%

18%

33%

40%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oswego is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oswego are

3,076 jobs are based in Oswego. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oswego’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oswego

3,076 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Oswego residents hold

2,273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+43%

Jobs based in Oswego, 2013 → 2023: 2,150 → 3,076. 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.