Work & commute · Union Springs

Work & commute in Union Springs, NY

Most working residents leave Union Springs for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Auburn (15%), Springport (10%) and Syracuse (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 471 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 433 Union Springs residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union Springs.

433live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

293work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union Springs goes to work

Auburn8.5 mi away

15%69

Springport0.8 mi away

10%45

Syracuse30.6 mi away

8%36

Ledyard7 mi away

4%21

Aurelius5.8 mi away

4%21

Owasco10.3 mi away

4%18

Skaneateles15.2 mi away

3%15

Seneca Falls6.9 mi away

2%11

Fleming5.8 mi away

2%11

Rochester52.1 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%216

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

How far

How far Union Springs commutes

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

42%

17%

25%

15%

42%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union Springs is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Union Springs are

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

Jobs based in Union Springs

331 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Union Springs residents hold

471 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−27%

Jobs based in Union Springs, 2013 → 2023: 451 → 331. 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.