Work & commute · Owego

Work & commute in Owego, NY

Most working residents leave Owego for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Owego (28%), Union (8%) and Binghamton (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

253 of 1,480 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,227 Owego residents head out of town to work, 253 work right here, and 2,141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Owego.

1,227live here, work elsewhere

253live and work here

2,141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Owego goes to work

Owego3.7 mi away

28%410

Union11.9 mi away

8%121

Binghamton18.1 mi away

7%100

Vestal13.1 mi away

5%72

Nichols6.6 mi away

4%53

New York156.3 mi away

3%41

Sayre, PA15.6 mi away

2%36

Ithaca25.7 mi away

2%36

Ithaca26.5 mi away

2%30

Dickinson18.2 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%555

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

How far

How far Owego commutes

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

35%

31%

13%

22%

35%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Owego is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Owego are

2,394 jobs are based in Owego. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Owego’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Owego

2,394 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Owego residents hold

1,480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+33%

Jobs based in Owego, 2013 → 2023: 1,796 → 2,394. 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.