Work & commute · Vestal

Work & commute in Vestal, NY

Most working residents leave Vestal for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Binghamton (17%), Union (16%) and Dickinson (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,280 of 8,923 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 7,643 Vestal residents head out of town to work, 1,280 work right here, and 10,288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vestal.

7,643live here, work elsewhere

1,280live and work here

10,288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vestal goes to work

Binghamton6.6 mi away

17%1,549

Union5.3 mi away

16%1,456

Vestal (in town)right here

14%1,280

Dickinson7.8 mi away

5%444

New York144.2 mi away

5%415

Owego9.4 mi away

4%350

Syracuse68.8 mi away

2%169

Kirkwood11.6 mi away

2%169

Chenango12.9 mi away

2%164

Conklin9.4 mi away

1%117

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,810

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

How far

How far Vestal commutes

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

57%

28%

57%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vestal is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vestal are

11,568 jobs are based in Vestal. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vestal’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vestal

11,568 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Vestal residents hold

8,923 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+6%

Jobs based in Vestal, 2013 → 2023: 10,883 → 11,568. 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.