Work & commute · Solvay

Work & commute in Solvay, NY

Most working residents leave Solvay for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (32%), DeWitt (10%) and Geddes (8%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

168 of 2,858 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,690 Solvay residents head out of town to work, 168 work right here, and 2,054 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Solvay.

2,690live here, work elsewhere

168live and work here

2,054work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Solvay goes to work

Syracuse3.7 mi away

32%906

DeWitt7.1 mi away

10%282

Geddes1.5 mi away

8%232

Clay8.5 mi away

6%168

Salina3.9 mi away

5%151

Camillus5.2 mi away

4%105

Cicero11.2 mi away

3%75

New York202.6 mi away

3%74

Manlius11.7 mi away

2%59

Van Buren8.4 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%765

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

How far

How far Solvay commutes

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

71%

17%

71%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Solvay is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Solvay are

2,222 jobs are based in Solvay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Solvay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Solvay

2,222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Solvay residents hold

2,858 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+2%

Jobs based in Solvay, 2013 → 2023: 2,189 → 2,222. 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.