Work & commute · West Winfield

Work & commute in West Winfield, NY

Most working residents leave West Winfield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Utica (9%), Winfield (9%) and New Hartford (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 280 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 267 West Winfield residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 340 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Winfield.

267live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

340work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Winfield goes to work

Utica14.8 mi away

9%24

Winfield1.6 mi away

9%24

New Hartford12.9 mi away

7%19

Herkimer15.5 mi away

6%16

Whitestown18.9 mi away

5%15

Otsego14.4 mi away

4%12

Litchfield6 mi away

4%12

German Flatts13.2 mi away

4%11

New York166.5 mi away

3%8

Paris7.4 mi away

3%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%131

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

How far

How far West Winfield commutes

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

18%

48%

11%

23%

18%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Winfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Winfield are

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

Jobs based in West Winfield

353 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs West Winfield residents hold

280 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+13%

Jobs based in West Winfield, 2013 → 2023: 312 → 353. 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.