Work & commute · Tompkins

Work & commute in Tompkins, NY

Most working residents leave Tompkins for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Deposit (11%), Sidney (11%) and New York (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 463 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

70 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 460 Tompkins residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tompkins.

460live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tompkins goes to work

Deposit5.2 mi away

11%49

Sidney13.2 mi away

11%49

New York121.9 mi away

7%34

Delhi21.6 mi away

6%26

Albany84.3 mi away

5%25

Walton8.5 mi away

5%22

Kirkwood27 mi away

2%11

Utica67.8 mi away

2%10

Masonville8.4 mi away

2%9

Greene27.9 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%219

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

How far

How far Tompkins commutes

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

14%

29%

13%

43%

14%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tompkins is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tompkins are

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

Jobs based in Tompkins

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Tompkins residents hold

463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+40%

Jobs based in Tompkins, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 49. 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.