Work & commute · Sullivan

Work & commute in Sullivan, NY

Most working residents leave Sullivan for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (18%), DeWitt (14%) and Manlius (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

654 of 6,702 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,048 Sullivan residents head out of town to work, 654 work right here, and 1,638 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sullivan.

6,048live here, work elsewhere

654live and work here

1,638work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sullivan goes to work

Syracuse13.5 mi away

18%1,186

DeWitt9.8 mi away

14%922

Sullivan (in town)right here

10%654

Manlius5.5 mi away

6%428

Clay16.7 mi away

4%263

Salina14.6 mi away

4%253

Cicero10.4 mi away

3%214

Lenox6.5 mi away

3%212

Verona13.8 mi away

3%179

Oneida10.7 mi away

2%166

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,225

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

How far

How far Sullivan commutes

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

29%

47%

16%

29%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sullivan is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sullivan are

2,292 jobs are based in Sullivan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sullivan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sullivan

2,292 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Sullivan residents hold

6,702 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−6%

Jobs based in Sullivan, 2013 → 2023: 2,444 → 2,292. 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.