Work & commute · Sidney

Work & commute in Sidney, NY

About one in 4 of Sidney’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sidney (24%), New York (7%) and Oneonta (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

336 of 1,403 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,067 Sidney residents head out of town to work, 336 work right here, and 2,383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sidney.

1,067live here, work elsewhere

336live and work here

2,383work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sidney goes to work

Sidney6.2 mi away

24%341

New York136.5 mi away

7%92

Oneonta19.7 mi away

5%73

Norwich16.8 mi away

4%56

Norwich14.7 mi away

3%45

Bainbridge4.1 mi away

3%44

Oneonta17.2 mi away

3%44

Albany85.2 mi away

3%43

Greene18.2 mi away

2%29

Colonie87.3 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%608

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

How far

How far Sidney commutes

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

31%

27%

35%

31%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sidney is a job hub

1.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sidney are

2,719 jobs are based in Sidney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sidney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sidney

2,719 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Sidney residents hold

1,403 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−9%

Jobs based in Sidney, 2013 → 2023: 2,983 → 2,719. 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.