Work & commute · Spencer

Work & commute in Spencer, NY

Most working residents leave Spencer for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Ithaca (15%), Ithaca (13%) and Spencer (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 310 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 286 Spencer residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 402 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spencer.

286live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

402work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spencer goes to work

Ithaca13.9 mi away

15%48

Ithaca15.8 mi away

13%41

Spencer1.4 mi away

9%27

Lansing24.4 mi away

6%20

Sayre, PA15.9 mi away

4%12

Owego17.8 mi away

4%12

Candor9.2 mi away

4%11

Dryden19.4 mi away

3%10

Barton9.1 mi away

3%9

Van Etten4.5 mi away

3%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%112

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

How far

How far Spencer commutes

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

15%

58%

10%

17%

15%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spencer is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Spencer are

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

Jobs based in Spencer

426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Spencer residents hold

310 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+52%

Jobs based in Spencer, 2013 → 2023: 281 → 426. 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.