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Work & commute in South Edmeston · A commuter town

100% of South Edmeston’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave South Edmeston for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Edmeston (25%), Norwich (8%) and Otsego (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 61 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
32 min
Less than NY (33 min)
Work from home
8%
Less than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
6
A commuter town

What kind of work town is South Edmeston?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

25% of working residents work in Edmeston

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Norwich: 2 residents work here (3%)Oneonta: 1 residents work here (2%)New York: 2 residents work here (3%)SherburneNorth NorwichNorwich: 5 residents work here (8%)Columbus: 2 residents work here (3%)Hartwick: 2 residents work here (3%)Otsego: 4 residents work here (7%)Oneonta: 3 residents work here (5%)New BerlinBrookfieldEdmeston: 15 residents work here (25%)RichfieldMorris: 2 residents work here (3%)South EdmestonEdmestonNorwichOtsegoOneontaNorwichNew YorkSouth Edmeston
1
Edmeston3.7 mi away
25%15
2
Norwich15 mi away
8%5
3
Otsego18.4 mi away
7%4
4
Oneonta21 mi away
5%3
5
Norwich15 mi away
3%2
6
New York156.7 mi away
3%2
7
Columbus3 mi away
3%2
8
Hartwick15.3 mi away
3%2
9
Morris10.1 mi away
3%2
10
Oneonta20.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%23
The top trips

Where South Edmeston clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Next door

28% of South Edmeston works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Edmeston (25%). Darker towns draw more of South Edmeston’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Edmeston25 min
South Edmeston32 min
Columbus32 min
Day and night

South Edmeston quiets down on a workday

On a workday 61 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

61live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday52
110live here− 61head out to work+ 6come in to work= 52on a workday

About 52 people are in South Edmeston on a workday afternoon, 51% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.10jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of South Edmeston commutes less than 18 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miEdmeston: 25% · 3.7 miNorwich: 8% · 15 miOtsego: 7% · 18.4 miOneonta: 5% · 21 miNorwich: 3% · 15 miNew York: 3% · 156.7 miColumbus: 3% · 3 miHartwick: 3% · 15.3 miMorris: 3% · 10.1 miOneonta: 2% · 20.2 miEdmeston 25%Norwich 8%Otsego 7%Oneonta 5%Norwich 3%South Edmeston
South EdmestonTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi19 residents
39%10–24 mi24 residents
10%25–50 mi6 residents
20%Over 50 mi12 residents

About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

South Edmeston makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in South EdmestonJobs South Edmeston residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%28%
Trade, transport & utilities0%11%
Services: health, schools, offices0%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less50%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%34%
Over $3,333 a month33%56%

Who does it

29 or younger67%20%
30 to 5417%59%
55 and older17%21%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 32 minutes each way, about the NY average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
243 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

South Edmeston32 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

of South Edmeston workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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