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Work & commute in Oxford, NY

Most working residents leave Oxford for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Norwich (13%), Greene (10%) and Sidney (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
82 of 1,426 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,344 Oxford residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 734 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oxford.

1,344live here, work elsewhere
82live and work here
734work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Oxford goes to work

NorwichCortlandBinghamtonSyracuseNew YorkBainbridgeOxfordSmithvillePrestonCoventryGreeneMcDonoughNorwichUnionSidneyGuilfordNorwichGreeneSidneyNorwichBinghamtonBainbridgeUnionNew YorkSyracuseOxford
1
Norwich10.1 mi away
13%190
2
Greene10.1 mi away
10%145
3
Sidney17.5 mi away
6%85
4
Oxford (in town)right here
6%82
5
Norwich9.7 mi away
6%81
6
Binghamton26 mi away
4%51
7
Bainbridge9.2 mi away
3%42
8
Union29.1 mi away
3%39
9
New York147.3 mi away
3%37
10
Syracuse52.5 mi away
2%30
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%644

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

How far

How far Oxford commutes

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

32%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Oxford is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oxford are

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

Jobs based in Oxford

816 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)80%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Oxford residents hold

1,426 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month59%
−16%

Jobs based in Oxford, 2013 → 2023: 968 → 816. 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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