Work & commute · Penn Yan

Work & commute in Penn Yan, NY

About one in 3 of Penn Yan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Milo (28%), Benton (8%) and Jerusalem (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

521 of 1,690 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,169 Penn Yan residents head out of town to work, 521 work right here, and 2,453 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penn Yan.

1,169live here, work elsewhere

521live and work here

2,453work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Penn Yan goes to work

Milo4.2 mi away

28%475

Benton4.2 mi away

8%129

Jerusalem6.3 mi away

5%86

Geneva14.5 mi away

4%70

Torrey5 mi away

3%51

Rochester45.3 mi away

2%34

Geneva12.2 mi away

2%30

Seneca12 mi away

2%29

Canandaigua19.5 mi away

2%26

Starkey11 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%737

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

How far

How far Penn Yan commutes

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

46%

19%

17%

18%

46%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Penn Yan is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Penn Yan are

2,974 jobs are based in Penn Yan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Penn Yan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Penn Yan

2,974 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Penn Yan residents hold

1,690 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+4%

Jobs based in Penn Yan, 2013 → 2023: 2,853 → 2,974. 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.