Work & commute · Richland

Work & commute in Richland, NY

About one in 5 of Richland’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (10%), DeWitt (6%) and Oswego (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

486 of 2,302 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,816 Richland residents head out of town to work, 486 work right here, and 1,538 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richland.

1,816live here, work elsewhere

486live and work here

1,538work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richland goes to work

Richland (in town)right here

21%486

Syracuse35.2 mi away

10%241

DeWitt34.6 mi away

6%142

Oswego18.1 mi away

6%129

Clay25.8 mi away

3%76

Cicero26.7 mi away

3%66

Salina30.8 mi away

3%64

Mexico6.9 mi away

3%61

Fulton20.5 mi away

2%56

Sandy Creek5.9 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%925

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

How far

How far Richland commutes

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

27%

18%

36%

19%

27%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Richland are

2,024 jobs are based in Richland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Richland

2,024 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Richland residents hold

2,302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−5%

Jobs based in Richland, 2013 → 2023: 2,126 → 2,024. 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.