Work & commute · West Sparta

Work & commute in West Sparta, NY

Most working residents leave West Sparta for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are North Dansville (16%), Geneseo (7%) and Rochester (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 501 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 497 West Sparta residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Sparta.

497live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Sparta goes to work

North Dansville6.1 mi away

16%78

Geneseo13.6 mi away

7%37

Rochester39.6 mi away

6%29

Henrietta31.6 mi away

5%25

Wayland11.4 mi away

3%16

Mount Morris7 mi away

3%14

New York240.1 mi away

3%13

Greece44.4 mi away

2%12

Buffalo57.7 mi away

2%8

Livonia15.4 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%261

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

How far

How far West Sparta commutes

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

24%

27%

31%

19%

24%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Sparta is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Sparta are

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

Jobs based in West Sparta

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs West Sparta residents hold

501 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−42%

Jobs based in West Sparta, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 70. 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.