Work & commute · Owasco

Work & commute in Owasco, NY

Most working residents leave Owasco for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Auburn (25%), Syracuse (8%) and Skaneateles (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

125 of 1,625 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,500 Owasco residents head out of town to work, 125 work right here, and 962 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Owasco.

1,500live here, work elsewhere

125live and work here

962work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Owasco goes to work

Auburn4.7 mi away

25%407

Owasco (in town)right here

8%125

Syracuse20.4 mi away

8%124

Skaneateles4.9 mi away

7%110

Aurelius9.2 mi away

4%61

Fleming4.5 mi away

3%46

Salina21.8 mi away

2%35

DeWitt24 mi away

2%29

New York202.7 mi away

2%27

Ledyard13.8 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%634

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

How far

How far Owasco commutes

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

49%

24%

11%

15%

49%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Owasco is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Owasco are

1,087 jobs are based in Owasco. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Owasco’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Owasco

1,087 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Owasco residents hold

1,625 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−5%

Jobs based in Owasco, 2013 → 2023: 1,142 → 1,087. 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.