Work & commute · Rome

Work & commute in Rome, NY

About one in 3 of Rome’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Utica (12%), Verona (5%) and Whitestown (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

3,606 of 11,410 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 7,804 Rome residents head out of town to work, 3,606 work right here, and 10,490 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rome.

7,804live here, work elsewhere

3,606live and work here

10,490work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rome goes to work

Rome (in town)right here

32%3,606

Utica16 mi away

12%1,381

Verona8.3 mi away

5%610

Whitestown9.9 mi away

5%592

New Hartford15.6 mi away

5%548

New York194.2 mi away

4%466

Marcy11.7 mi away

2%264

Syracuse35.3 mi away

2%254

Oneida14.2 mi away

2%246

Albany93.9 mi away

2%219

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%3,224

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

How far

How far Rome commutes

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

41%

30%

21%

41%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rome is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rome are

14,096 jobs are based in Rome. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rome’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rome

14,096 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Rome residents hold

11,410 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−10%

Jobs based in Rome, 2013 → 2023: 15,656 → 14,096. 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.