Work & commute · Otego

Work & commute in Otego, NY

Most working residents leave Otego for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Oneonta (12%), Oneonta (12%) and Otego (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 393 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 381 Otego residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Otego.

381live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Otego goes to work

Oneonta4.7 mi away

12%48

Oneonta7.2 mi away

12%47

Otego4.4 mi away

10%38

New York135.7 mi away

5%19

Sidney7.7 mi away

4%16

Otsego27.6 mi away

4%15

Norwich20 mi away

2%9

Utica48.7 mi away

2%7

Delhi16.2 mi away

2%7

Franklin5.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%181

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.

36%

24%

13%

27%

36%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Otego is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Otego are

142 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

142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Otego residents hold

393 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+8%

Jobs based in Otego, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 142. 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.