Work & commute · Volney

Work & commute in Volney, NY

Most working residents leave Volney for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Fulton (13%), Syracuse (11%) and Oswego (11%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
148 of 2,578 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,430 Volney residents head out of town to work, 148 work right here, and 699 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Volney.

2,430live here, work elsewhere
148live and work here
699work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Volney goes to work

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1
Fulton3.8 mi away
13%339
2
Syracuse24.8 mi away
11%289
3
Oswego9.5 mi away
11%280
4
Volney (in town)right here
6%148
5
DeWitt25.9 mi away
5%130
6
Clay15.4 mi away
5%125
7
Lysander12.2 mi away
3%75
8
Cicero20.4 mi away
3%75
9
Scriba7.1 mi away
3%74
10
Oswego9.8 mi away
3%72
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%971

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

How far

How far Volney commutes

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

32%Under 10 mi
38%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Volney is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Volney are

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

Jobs based in Volney

847 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)47%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)36%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Volney residents hold

2,578 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month63%
−4%

Jobs based in Volney, 2013 → 2023: 884 → 847. 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.

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