Work & commute · Parma

Work & commute in Parma, NY

Most working residents leave Parma for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (25%), Greece (11%) and Henrietta (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

794 of 7,749 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 6,955 Parma residents head out of town to work, 794 work right here, and 2,963 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parma.

6,955live here, work elsewhere

794live and work here

2,963work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parma goes to work

Rochester11.5 mi away

25%1,955

Greece5.2 mi away

11%853

Parma (in town)right here

10%794

Henrietta16.9 mi away

7%515

Gates9.2 mi away

6%447

Ogden6.8 mi away

4%316

Brighton15.1 mi away

3%227

Sweden9 mi away

2%150

New York267.8 mi away

2%145

Webster18 mi away

2%141

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%2,206

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

How far

How far Parma commutes

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

34%

47%

14%

34%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parma is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parma are

3,757 jobs are based in Parma. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parma’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Parma

3,757 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Parma residents hold

7,749 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+45%

Jobs based in Parma, 2013 → 2023: 2,595 → 3,757. 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.