Work & commute · Whitesboro

Work & commute in Whitesboro, NY

Most working residents leave Whitesboro for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Utica (23%), Whitestown (17%) and New Hartford (15%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 1,477 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,410 Whitesboro residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 880 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitesboro.

1,410live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

880work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitesboro goes to work

Utica4 mi away

23%335

Whitestown2.1 mi away

17%244

New Hartford4.6 mi away

15%226

Rome12 mi away

5%70

New York183.8 mi away

3%44

Marcy3.6 mi away

3%42

Syracuse43.1 mi away

2%34

Kirkland7.5 mi away

2%30

Verona16.8 mi away

2%28

Deerfield8.5 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%399

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

How far

How far Whitesboro commutes

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

65%

12%

16%

65%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitesboro is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitesboro are

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

Jobs based in Whitesboro

947 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Whitesboro residents hold

1,477 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+15%

Jobs based in Whitesboro, 2013 → 2023: 822 → 947. 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.