Work & commute · Waverly

Work & commute in Waverly, NY

Most working residents leave Waverly for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Barton (19%), Sayre (16%) and Athens (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

296 of 1,708 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,412 Waverly residents head out of town to work, 296 work right here, and 1,252 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waverly.

1,412live here, work elsewhere

296live and work here

1,252work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waverly goes to work

Barton5.4 mi away

19%328

Sayre, PA2.1 mi away

16%273

Athens, PA4.1 mi away

6%102

Nichols10 mi away

4%76

Elmira14.9 mi away

4%66

Chemung4.5 mi away

4%66

Owego18.5 mi away

3%59

Athens, PA5.4 mi away

3%47

New York164 mi away

3%44

Binghamton32.9 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%609

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

How far

How far Waverly commutes

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

52%

16%

11%

21%

52%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waverly is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waverly are

1,548 jobs are based in Waverly. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waverly’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waverly

1,548 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Waverly residents hold

1,708 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+12%

Jobs based in Waverly, 2013 → 2023: 1,383 → 1,548. 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.