Work & commute · Otego

Work & commute in Otego, NY

Most working residents leave Otego for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Oneonta (13%), Oneonta (13%) and New York (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

115 of 1,192 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,077 Otego residents head out of town to work, 115 work right here, and 329 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Otego.

1,077live here, work elsewhere

115live and work here

329work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Otego goes to work

Oneonta6.4 mi away

13%160

Oneonta5.2 mi away

13%150

Otego (in town)right here

10%115

New York139.8 mi away

5%55

Sidney11.2 mi away

4%46

Otsego24 mi away

4%42

Albany72.4 mi away

3%33

Delhi19.3 mi away

2%23

Utica44.3 mi away

2%21

Norwich17.7 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%529

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

How far

How far Otego commutes

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

37%

23%

13%

28%

37%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Otego is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Otego are

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

Jobs based in Otego

444 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Otego residents hold

1,192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+17%

Jobs based in Otego, 2013 → 2023: 380 → 444. 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.