Work & commute · West Monroe

Work & commute in West Monroe, NY

Most working residents leave West Monroe for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (21%), DeWitt (11%) and Cicero (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

78 of 1,824 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,746 West Monroe residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Monroe.

1,746live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Monroe goes to work

Syracuse18.5 mi away

21%385

DeWitt17.4 mi away

11%195

Cicero9.4 mi away

8%146

Clay10.2 mi away

6%111

Salina14.5 mi away

5%89

Hastings3.6 mi away

4%80

West Monroe (in town)right here

4%78

New York213.4 mi away

3%49

Oswego23.3 mi away

2%42

Manlius18.3 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%613

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

How far

How far West Monroe commutes

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

16%

61%

17%

16%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Monroe is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Monroe are

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

Jobs based in West Monroe

299 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs West Monroe residents hold

1,824 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+23%

Jobs based in West Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 244 → 299. 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.