Work & commute · Urbana

Work & commute in Urbana, NY

About one in 5 of Urbana’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bath (14%), Corning (6%) and Milo (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

161 of 765 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 604 Urbana residents head out of town to work, 161 work right here, and 858 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Urbana.

604live here, work elsewhere

161live and work here

858work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Urbana goes to work

Urbana (in town)right here

21%161

Bath7.6 mi away

14%110

Corning20.1 mi away

6%47

Milo17.8 mi away

4%32

Erwin19.3 mi away

4%27

Rochester56.1 mi away

3%20

Horseheads28.8 mi away

3%20

Elmira30.6 mi away

2%16

Henrietta49.2 mi away

2%14

Big Flats24.7 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%306

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

How far

How far Urbana commutes

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

37%

25%

14%

23%

37%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Urbana is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Urbana are

1,019 jobs are based in Urbana. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Urbana’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Urbana

1,019 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Urbana residents hold

765 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+48%

Jobs based in Urbana, 2013 → 2023: 690 → 1,019. 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.