Work & commute · Whitney Point

Work & commute in Whitney Point, NY

Most working residents leave Whitney Point for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Triangle (14%), Binghamton (13%) and Union (10%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 365 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 340 Whitney Point residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 765 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitney Point.

340live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

765work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitney Point goes to work

Triangle2.8 mi away

14%50

Binghamton16.2 mi away

13%46

Union14.5 mi away

10%35

Greene11.3 mi away

5%19

Dickinson14.2 mi away

4%15

Chenango8.7 mi away

4%13

Cortlandville20.2 mi away

3%12

Vestal19.6 mi away

3%12

New York156.1 mi away

3%10

Kirkwood18.8 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%144

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

How far

How far Whitney Point commutes

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

21%

49%

10%

20%

21%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitney Point is a job hub

2.16jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitney Point are

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

Jobs based in Whitney Point

790 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Whitney Point residents hold

365 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−16%

Jobs based in Whitney Point, 2013 → 2023: 946 → 790. 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.