Work & commute · Waterville

Work & commute in Waterville, NY

Most working residents leave Waterville for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Utica (12%), Sangerfield (12%) and New Hartford (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

73 of 682 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 609 Waterville residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 603 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waterville.

609live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

603work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waterville goes to work

Utica13.9 mi away

12%85

Sangerfield2.7 mi away

12%85

New Hartford10.1 mi away

9%60

Marshall2.5 mi away

4%27

Hamilton11 mi away

4%25

New York173.4 mi away

4%24

Rome21.1 mi away

4%24

Kirkland7.3 mi away

3%23

Syracuse39.3 mi away

3%21

Whitestown14.3 mi away

3%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%290

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

How far

How far Waterville commutes

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

24%

44%

13%

19%

24%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waterville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waterville are

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

Jobs based in Waterville

676 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Waterville residents hold

682 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+2%

Jobs based in Waterville, 2013 → 2023: 665 → 676. 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.