Work & commute · Sweden

Work & commute in Sweden, NY

Most working residents leave Sweden for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (20%), Henrietta (7%) and Greece (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

707 of 5,089 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,382 Sweden residents head out of town to work, 707 work right here, and 5,005 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sweden.

4,382live here, work elsewhere

707live and work here

5,005work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sweden goes to work

Rochester15.6 mi away

20%1,006

Sweden (in town)right here

14%707

Henrietta16.7 mi away

7%355

Greece12.4 mi away

6%292

Gates10.8 mi away

5%237

Ogden5.6 mi away

4%183

Brighton17.8 mi away

3%140

New York268.6 mi away

2%116

Clarkson4.7 mi away

2%108

Chili11.1 mi away

2%94

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,851

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

How far

How far Sweden commutes

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

24%

52%

10%

14%

24%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sweden is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sweden are

5,712 jobs are based in Sweden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sweden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sweden

5,712 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Sweden residents hold

5,089 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+9%

Jobs based in Sweden, 2013 → 2023: 5,217 → 5,712. 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.