Work & commute · Triangle

Work & commute in Triangle, NY

Most working residents leave Triangle for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Binghamton (12%), Union (9%) and Dickinson (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

156 of 1,136 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 980 Triangle residents head out of town to work, 156 work right here, and 1,156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Triangle.

980live here, work elsewhere

156live and work here

1,156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Triangle goes to work

Triangle (in town)right here

14%156

Binghamton17.6 mi away

12%136

Union16.7 mi away

9%102

Dickinson15.6 mi away

5%61

Vestal21.6 mi away

5%52

Greene9.5 mi away

4%51

Cortlandville19.7 mi away

3%38

Chenango9.8 mi away

3%35

Kirkwood19.4 mi away

2%27

New York155.8 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%452

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

How far

How far Triangle commutes

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

21%

50%

11%

18%

21%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Triangle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Triangle are

1,312 jobs are based in Triangle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Triangle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Triangle

1,312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Triangle residents hold

1,136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+15%

Jobs based in Triangle, 2013 → 2023: 1,145 → 1,312. 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.