Work & commute · Southport

Work & commute in Southport, NY

Most working residents leave Southport for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Elmira (31%), Horseheads (13%) and Big Flats (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

194 of 3,525 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 3,331 Southport residents head out of town to work, 194 work right here, and 799 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southport.

3,331live here, work elsewhere

194live and work here

799work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southport goes to work

Elmira4.6 mi away

31%1,082

Horseheads9 mi away

13%446

Southport (in town)right here

6%194

Big Flats6.4 mi away

5%185

Corning11.4 mi away

4%157

Elmira5.9 mi away

2%69

Erwin14.8 mi away

2%68

Corning9.8 mi away

2%61

Sayre, PA18.8 mi away

2%58

New York180 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,160

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

How far

How far Southport commutes

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

56%

17%

18%

56%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southport is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Southport are

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

Jobs based in Southport

993 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Southport residents hold

3,525 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−38%

Jobs based in Southport, 2013 → 2023: 1,611 → 993. 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.