Work & commute · Romulus

Work & commute in Romulus, NY

Most working residents leave Romulus for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Geneva (6%), New York (6%) and Waterloo (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 837 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 788 Romulus residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 951 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Romulus.

788live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

951work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Romulus goes to work

Geneva13 mi away

6%52

New York205.7 mi away

6%51

Romulus (in town)right here

6%49

Waterloo14.8 mi away

6%48

Covert11.2 mi away

4%34

Ithaca25.4 mi away

4%32

Seneca Falls13.8 mi away

4%30

Syracuse41.5 mi away

3%25

Fayette9.1 mi away

3%25

Ovid4.7 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%472

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

How far

How far Romulus commutes

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

16%

36%

20%

28%

16%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Romulus is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Romulus are

1,000 jobs are based in Romulus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Romulus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Romulus

1,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Romulus residents hold

837 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−10%

Jobs based in Romulus, 2013 → 2023: 1,114 → 1,000. 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.