Work & commute · Watkins Glen

Work & commute in Watkins Glen, NY

Most working residents leave Watkins Glen for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Dix (24%), Corning (6%) and Horseheads (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

123 of 664 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 541 Watkins Glen residents head out of town to work, 123 work right here, and 1,551 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Watkins Glen.

541live here, work elsewhere

123live and work here

1,551work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Watkins Glen goes to work

Dix3.6 mi away

24%161

Corning18.7 mi away

6%43

Horseheads16 mi away

5%31

Reading4.5 mi away

4%28

Elmira20.1 mi away

4%25

Montour3.5 mi away

4%24

Ithaca16.8 mi away

3%22

Ithaca19.1 mi away

3%20

Hector6.8 mi away

3%17

Corning17.7 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%277

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

How far

How far Watkins Glen commutes

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

36%

20%

36%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Watkins Glen is a job hub

2.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Watkins Glen are

1,674 jobs are based in Watkins Glen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Watkins Glen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Watkins Glen

1,674 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Watkins Glen residents hold

664 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−7%

Jobs based in Watkins Glen, 2013 → 2023: 1,794 → 1,674. 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.