Work & commute · Oswego

Work & commute in Oswego, NY

About one in 3 of Oswego’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oswego (8%), Syracuse (7%) and Fulton (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

2,300 of 6,606 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 4,306 Oswego residents head out of town to work, 2,300 work right here, and 6,975 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oswego.

4,306live here, work elsewhere

2,300live and work here

6,975work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oswego goes to work

Oswego (in town)right here

35%2,300

Oswego4.6 mi away

8%506

Syracuse34 mi away

7%469

Fulton10.5 mi away

4%287

Scriba4.2 mi away

4%283

New York233.7 mi away

3%191

DeWitt35.4 mi away

2%164

Clay24.9 mi away

2%138

Salina29.6 mi away

2%103

Cicero29.9 mi away

1%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%2,081

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.

50%

20%

21%

50%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oswego is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oswego are

9,275 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

9,275 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Oswego residents hold

6,606 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

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Jobs based in Oswego, 2013 → 2023: 9,238 → 9,275. 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.