Work & commute · Ulysses

Work & commute in Ulysses, NY

Most working residents leave Ulysses for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Ithaca (22%), Ithaca (22%) and Lansing (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

230 of 1,958 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,728 Ulysses residents head out of town to work, 230 work right here, and 946 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ulysses.

1,728live here, work elsewhere

230live and work here

946work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ulysses goes to work

Ithaca7.9 mi away

22%432

Ithaca7.5 mi away

22%428

Ulysses (in town)right here

12%230

Lansing5.7 mi away

4%83

New York188.4 mi away

3%59

Syracuse43.7 mi away

2%36

Dryden13.2 mi away

2%34

Covert6.4 mi away

2%34

Cortland23.1 mi away

1%25

Elmira30.6 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%577

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

How far

How far Ulysses commutes

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

43%

27%

13%

18%

43%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ulysses is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ulysses are

1,176 jobs are based in Ulysses. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ulysses’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ulysses

1,176 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ulysses residents hold

1,958 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−8%

Jobs based in Ulysses, 2013 → 2023: 1,282 → 1,176. 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.