Work & commute · Spafford

Work & commute in Spafford, NY

Most working residents leave Spafford for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (24%), Skaneateles (11%) and Auburn (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 611 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 597 Spafford residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spafford.

597live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spafford goes to work

Syracuse16.4 mi away

24%145

Skaneateles8.4 mi away

11%69

Auburn15.8 mi away

7%41

DeWitt19 mi away

4%25

Marcellus8 mi away

3%19

Onondaga11 mi away

3%16

Clay24.6 mi away

3%16

Spafford (in town)right here

2%14

Salina19.9 mi away

2%13

Camillus16.4 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%240

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

How far

How far Spafford commutes

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

14%

61%

18%

14%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spafford is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spafford are

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

Jobs based in Spafford

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Spafford residents hold

611 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+51%

Jobs based in Spafford, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 89. 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.