Work & commute · Phoenix

Work & commute in Phoenix, NY

Most working residents leave Phoenix for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (19%), Clay (9%) and Schroeppel (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65 of 1,077 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,012 Phoenix residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 517 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Phoenix.

1,012live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

517work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Phoenix goes to work

Syracuse15.2 mi away

19%206

Clay6.4 mi away

9%101

Schroeppel2.1 mi away

8%84

DeWitt16.6 mi away

8%84

Lysander5.1 mi away

5%58

Salina10.7 mi away

5%53

Cicero12.7 mi away

4%43

New York214.8 mi away

3%35

Oswego18.9 mi away

3%30

Fulton8.7 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%360

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

How far

How far Phoenix commutes

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

29%

49%

17%

29%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Phoenix is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Phoenix are

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

Jobs based in Phoenix

582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Phoenix residents hold

1,077 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+222%

Jobs based in Phoenix, 2013 → 2023: 181 → 582. 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.