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

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

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

Fulton3.8 mi away

13%339

Syracuse24.8 mi away

11%289

Oswego9.5 mi away

11%280

Volney (in town)right here

6%148

DeWitt25.9 mi away

5%130

Clay15.4 mi away

5%125

Lysander12.2 mi away

3%75

Cicero20.4 mi away

3%75

Scriba7.1 mi away

3%74

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%

38%

12%

18%

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.