Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Blodgett Mills

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded–Not graded
Jobs & commute in Blodgett Mills

Most of Blodgett Mills commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident

Employers in Blodgett Mills report 2 jobs; 131 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Blodgett Mills for work; outside it, Cortlandville is the main destination (24%, 3 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, where New York as a whole has 15%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Blodgett Mills, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 131 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

131live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night210
Workday83
210live here− 130head out to work+ 2come in to work= 83on a workday

About 83 people are in Blodgett Mills on a workday afternoon, 61% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Blodgett Mills’ working residents head each day

Cortland: 28 residents work here (21%)Ithaca: 3 residents work here (2%)UticaSyracuse: 3 residents work here (2%)New York: 2 residents work here (2%)Cortlandville: 31 residents work here (24%)Groton: 3 residents work here (2%)Lansing: 4 residents work here (3%)Dryden: 7 residents work here (5%)Homer: 3 residents work here (2%)VirgilIthaca: 3 residents work here (2%)Blodgett MillsCortlandvilleCortlandDrydenLansingIthacaSyracuseBlodgett Mills
1
Cortlandville2.7 mi away
24%31
2
Cortland3.3 mi away
21%28
3
Dryden13.2 mi away
5%7
4
Lansing20.3 mi away
3%4
5
Ithaca20.7 mi away
2%3
6
Syracuse32.8 mi away
2%3
7
Groton11.6 mi away
2%3
8
Homer6.9 mi away
2%3
9
Ithaca23.3 mi away
2%3
10
New York City173.6 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%44
The top trips

Where Blodgett Mills clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

Services make up most of the work in Blodgett Mills

Jobs based in Blodgett MillsJobs Blodgett Mills residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%18%
Trade, transport & utilities0%16%
Services: health, schools, offices100%66%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%24%
Over $3,333 a month100%59%

Who does it

29 or younger0%27%
30 to 5450%50%
55 and older50%23%
+100%

Jobs based in Blodgett Mills, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 2. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blodgett Mills’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Blodgett Mills takes about 14 minutes

A year of commuting
110 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Blodgett Mills14 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Blodgett Mills workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Blodgett Mills gets to work
91%Drive alone
9%Walk

Share of the 99 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

Miles to work from Blodgett Mills

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCortlandville: 24% · 2.7 miCortland: 21% · 3.3 miDryden: 5% · 13.2 miLansing: 3% · 20.3 miIthaca: 2% · 20.7 miSyracuse: 2% · 32.8 miGroton: 2% · 11.6 miHomer: 2% · 6.9 miIthaca: 2% · 23.3 miNew York City: 2% · 173.6 miCortlandville 24%Cortland 21%Dryden 5%Lansing 3%Ithaca 2%Blodgett Mills
Blodgett MillsTop destinations (size = commuters)
50%Under 10 mi65 residents
21%10–24 mi27 residents
14%25–50 mi18 residents
16%Over 50 mi21 residents

About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Around Blodgett Mills: the bordering towns

Virgil: few work hereVirgilBlodgett Mills
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownBlodgett Mills workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Blodgett Mills–——14 min—
Virgilunder 2%B−D27 min$91,094

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Blodgett Mills’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Blodgett Mills: questions

What is the poverty rate in Blodgett Mills?

11.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Blodgett Mills?

14 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Blodgett Mills work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cortlandville (24%, 3 mi), Cortland (21%, 3 mi), Dryden (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Blodgett Mills without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Blodgett Mills, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Blodgett Mills

Blodgett Mills home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.