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

CortlandIthacaElmiraSyracuseNew YorkLansingDrydenEnfieldNewfieldUlyssesCovertOvidHectorIthacaIthacaIthacaLansingNew YorkSyracuseDrydenCovertCortlandElmiraUlysses
1
Ithaca7.9 mi away
22%432
2
Ithaca7.5 mi away
22%428
3
Ulysses (in town)right here
12%230
4
Lansing5.7 mi away
4%83
5
New York188.4 mi away
3%59
6
Syracuse43.7 mi away
2%36
7
Dryden13.2 mi away
2%34
8
Covert6.4 mi away
2%34
9
Cortland23.1 mi away
1%25
10
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%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.

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