Work & commute · Ovid

Work & commute in Ovid, NY

Most working residents leave Ovid for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Covert (9%), Ithaca (7%) and Ithaca (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
66 of 916 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 850 Ovid residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ovid.

850live here, work elsewhere
66live and work here
272work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ovid goes to work

GenevaIthacaNew YorkGenoaVarickDrydenUlyssesCovertLodiOvidTorreyRomulusWaterlooHectorIthacaCovertIthacaIthacaLodiNew YorkUlyssesWaterlooRomulusGenevaOvid
1
Covert6.8 mi away
9%86
2
Ovid (in town)right here
7%66
3
Ithaca20.9 mi away
7%63
4
Ithaca20.6 mi away
6%54
5
Lodi4.4 mi away
4%41
6
New York201.5 mi away
4%34
7
Ulysses13.1 mi away
4%33
8
Waterloo19.5 mi away
3%31
9
Romulus4.7 mi away
3%27
10
Geneva17.5 mi away
3%26
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%455

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

How far

How far Ovid commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
38%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ovid 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 Ovid are

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

Jobs based in Ovid

338 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less28%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Ovid residents hold

916 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+12%

Jobs based in Ovid, 2013 → 2023: 301 → 338. 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.

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