Work & commute · Vernon

Work & commute in Vernon, NY

Most working residents leave Vernon for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Verona (14%), Oneida (10%) and Utica (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

375 of 3,705 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,330 Vernon residents head out of town to work, 375 work right here, and 1,819 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vernon.

3,330live here, work elsewhere

375live and work here

1,819work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vernon goes to work

Verona7.9 mi away

14%502

Oneida7 mi away

10%385

Vernon (in town)right here

10%375

Utica15.8 mi away

6%210

Syracuse30.7 mi away

5%198

Rome11.3 mi away

5%193

New Hartford12.8 mi away

5%177

New York185.3 mi away

3%116

DeWitt27.1 mi away

3%116

Lenox11.6 mi away

3%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,320

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

How far

How far Vernon commutes

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

40%

27%

15%

18%

40%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vernon is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vernon are

2,194 jobs are based in Vernon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vernon

2,194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Vernon residents hold

3,705 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+52%

Jobs based in Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 1,443 → 2,194. 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.