Work & commute · Westmoreland

Work & commute in Westmoreland, NY

Most working residents leave Westmoreland for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Utica (14%), Rome (11%) and New Hartford (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

159 of 2,623 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,464 Westmoreland residents head out of town to work, 159 work right here, and 804 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westmoreland.

2,464live here, work elsewhere

159live and work here

804work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westmoreland goes to work

Utica10.9 mi away

14%362

Rome7.7 mi away

11%287

New Hartford9.1 mi away

10%257

Whitestown5.3 mi away

7%187

Westmoreland (in town)right here

6%159

Verona9.8 mi away

4%116

Syracuse36 mi away

4%106

New York186.6 mi away

3%85

Oneida12.3 mi away

3%75

Kirkland6.5 mi away

3%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%917

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

How far

How far Westmoreland commutes

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

46%

21%

13%

19%

46%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westmoreland is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westmoreland are

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

Jobs based in Westmoreland

963 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Westmoreland residents hold

2,623 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+9%

Jobs based in Westmoreland, 2013 → 2023: 880 → 963. 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.