Work & commute · Utica

Work & commute in Utica, NY

About one in 3 of Utica’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New Hartford (12%), Whitestown (6%) and New York (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

7,477 of 22,034 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 14,557 Utica residents head out of town to work, 7,477 work right here, and 20,905 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Utica.

14,557live here, work elsewhere

7,477live and work here

20,905work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Utica goes to work

Utica (in town)right here

34%7,477

New Hartford3.9 mi away

12%2,596

Whitestown6.2 mi away

6%1,315

New York180.7 mi away

5%1,005

Rome16 mi away

4%804

Verona20.7 mi away

3%632

Marcy5.7 mi away

3%551

Syracuse46.5 mi away

2%486

Albany78.2 mi away

2%393

Kirkland9 mi away

2%342

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%6,433

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

How far

How far Utica commutes

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

58%

11%

22%

58%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Utica is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Utica are

28,382 jobs are based in Utica. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Utica’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Utica

28,382 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Utica residents hold

22,034 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−11%

Jobs based in Utica, 2013 → 2023: 32,015 → 28,382. 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.