Work & commute · Savannah

Work & commute in Savannah, NY

Most working residents leave Savannah for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Arcadia (12%), Galen (9%) and Lyons (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 563 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 543 Savannah residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Savannah.

543live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

295work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Savannah goes to work

Arcadia16.6 mi away

12%69

Galen6.4 mi away

9%53

Lyons12.6 mi away

6%34

Seneca Falls11.8 mi away

5%28

Rochester43.9 mi away

5%26

Savannah (in town)right here

4%20

Waterloo13.6 mi away

3%18

Geneva18.8 mi away

3%17

Auburn13.8 mi away

3%17

Greece49.1 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%271

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

How far

How far Savannah commutes

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

17%

48%

20%

15%

17%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Savannah is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Savannah are

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

Jobs based in Savannah

315 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Savannah residents hold

563 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+114%

Jobs based in Savannah, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 315. 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.