Work & commute · Whitestown

Work & commute in Whitestown, NY

Most working residents leave Whitestown for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Utica (23%), New Hartford (16%) and Rome (6%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,135 of 7,492 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 6,357 Whitestown residents head out of town to work, 1,135 work right here, and 7,414 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitestown.

6,357live here, work elsewhere

1,135live and work here

7,414work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitestown goes to work

Utica6.2 mi away

23%1,719

New Hartford6 mi away

16%1,221

Whitestown (in town)right here

15%1,135

Rome9.9 mi away

6%420

Marcy4.2 mi away

3%240

New York185.4 mi away

3%237

Syracuse41.3 mi away

2%168

Verona14.8 mi away

2%151

Kirkland7.3 mi away

2%140

Albany84.3 mi away

1%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,962

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

How far

How far Whitestown commutes

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

66%

10%

17%

66%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitestown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitestown are

8,549 jobs are based in Whitestown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitestown

8,549 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Whitestown residents hold

7,492 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+2%

Jobs based in Whitestown, 2013 → 2023: 8,353 → 8,549. 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.