Work & commute · Penfield

Work & commute in Penfield, NY

Most working residents leave Penfield for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (28%), Henrietta (8%) and Webster (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,571 of 17,322 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,751 Penfield residents head out of town to work, 1,571 work right here, and 10,636 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penfield.

15,751live here, work elsewhere

1,571live and work here

10,636work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Penfield goes to work

Rochester8.8 mi away

28%4,768

Penfield (in town)right here

9%1,571

Henrietta11.9 mi away

8%1,403

Webster5.4 mi away

6%1,096

Perinton5.1 mi away

6%1,061

Brighton7.3 mi away

5%827

Greece14.6 mi away

4%680

Pittsford6.7 mi away

4%674

Gates13.6 mi away

3%545

Irondequoit7.6 mi away

3%437

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%4,260

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

How far

How far Penfield commutes

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

65%

20%

13%

65%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Penfield is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Penfield are

12,207 jobs are based in Penfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Penfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Penfield

12,207 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Penfield residents hold

17,322 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+1%

Jobs based in Penfield, 2013 → 2023: 12,051 → 12,207. 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.