Work & commute · Riga

Work & commute in Riga, NY

Most working residents leave Riga for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (25%), Henrietta (6%) and Gates (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

220 of 2,539 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,319 Riga residents head out of town to work, 220 work right here, and 1,373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riga.

2,319live here, work elsewhere

220live and work here

1,373work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riga goes to work

Rochester14.4 mi away

25%633

Riga (in town)right here

9%220

Henrietta11.8 mi away

6%165

Gates9.5 mi away

6%152

Chili6.5 mi away

5%138

Ogden7.1 mi away

5%116

Greece14.8 mi away

4%108

Brighton15 mi away

3%72

New York262.2 mi away

2%52

Perinton22.4 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%831

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

How far

How far Riga commutes

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

28%

53%

13%

28%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riga is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riga are

1,593 jobs are based in Riga. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riga’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Riga

1,593 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Riga residents hold

2,539 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−1%

Jobs based in Riga, 2013 → 2023: 1,610 → 1,593. 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.