Work & commute · Thurston

Work & commute in Thurston, NY

Most working residents leave Thurston for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bath (12%), Corning (10%) and Erwin (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 462 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 456 Thurston residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thurston.

456live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thurston goes to work

Bath7 mi away

12%54

Corning12.6 mi away

10%48

Erwin9.3 mi away

8%35

Corning14.5 mi away

6%29

Addison6.8 mi away

4%20

Horseheads26 mi away

4%19

Rochester67.5 mi away

3%14

Big Flats19.6 mi away

3%14

Elmira25.7 mi away

3%13

Campbell5.8 mi away

3%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%204

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

How far

How far Thurston commutes

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

23%

40%

13%

24%

23%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thurston is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thurston are

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

Jobs based in Thurston

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Thurston residents hold

462 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−44%

Jobs based in Thurston, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 40. 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.