Work & commute · Van Etten

Work & commute in Van Etten, NY

Most working residents leave Van Etten for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Horseheads (14%), Elmira (10%) and Ithaca (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 620 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 591 Van Etten residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Van Etten.

591live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Van Etten goes to work

Horseheads11.5 mi away

14%86

Elmira15.3 mi away

10%61

Ithaca12.6 mi away

6%39

Spencer5.7 mi away

6%38

Ithaca15 mi away

5%32

Big Flats18.4 mi away

5%32

Van Etten (in town)right here

5%29

Lansing23.1 mi away

3%19

Corning25.1 mi away

3%18

Sayre, PA17.4 mi away

3%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%249

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

How far

How far Van Etten commutes

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

13%

62%

16%

13%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Van Etten is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Van Etten are

259 jobs are based in Van Etten. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Van Etten’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Van Etten

259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Van Etten residents hold

620 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+216%

Jobs based in Van Etten, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 259. 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.