Work & commute · Skaneateles

Work & commute in Skaneateles, NY

Most working residents leave Skaneateles for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (18%), Skaneateles (18%) and Auburn (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

94 of 1,034 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 940 Skaneateles residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 1,296 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Skaneateles.

940live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

1,296work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Skaneateles goes to work

Syracuse15.8 mi away

18%191

Skaneateles2.4 mi away

18%191

Auburn7.1 mi away

6%62

DeWitt19.5 mi away

5%53

New York203.4 mi away

3%35

Salina16.9 mi away

3%30

Onondaga10.6 mi away

3%26

Marcellus5.3 mi away

2%23

Clay20 mi away

2%22

Camillus10.1 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%381

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

How far

How far Skaneateles commutes

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

31%

42%

19%

31%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Skaneateles is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Skaneateles are

1,390 jobs are based in Skaneateles. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Skaneateles’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Skaneateles

1,390 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Skaneateles residents hold

1,034 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+13%

Jobs based in Skaneateles, 2013 → 2023: 1,232 → 1,390. 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.