Work & commute · Virgil

Work & commute in Virgil, NY

Most working residents leave Virgil for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cortland (13%), Cortlandville (11%) and Ithaca (11%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 1,008 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 975 Virgil residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 417 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Virgil.

975live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

417work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Virgil goes to work

Cortland5.6 mi away

13%135

Cortlandville6.2 mi away

11%112

Ithaca20.5 mi away

11%111

Dryden10.5 mi away

7%74

Ithaca18 mi away

6%65

Lansing19 mi away

5%48

Virgil (in town)right here

3%33

Syracuse36 mi away

3%27

New York172.3 mi away

3%27

Binghamton31.8 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%359

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

How far

How far Virgil commutes

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

37%

29%

15%

19%

37%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Virgil is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Virgil are

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

Jobs based in Virgil

450 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less48%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Virgil residents hold

1,008 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+10%

Jobs based in Virgil, 2013 → 2023: 408 → 450. 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.