With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Breesport works elsewhere
There are 37 jobs in Breesport, and 269 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Breesport for work; outside it, Horseheads is the main destination (21%, 3 miles). The average commute takes 29 minutes each way, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breesport and work: the main findings
Breesport is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Breesport, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Breesport has about 400 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Breesport and Elmira trade workers both ways
Elmira is the top workplace for Breesport residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Breesport come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 269 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Breesport: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 269 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Breesport on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
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 places Breesport commutes to
Where Breesport clocks in
21% of workers
17% of workersLines 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.
Jobs in Breesport: what the 37 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Breesport, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 37. 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 Breesport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way for Breesport’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Breesport workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 213 commuters (the 9% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Breesport
About 15% 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.
The towns around Breesport
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Breesport’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Breesport: questions
What is the median household income in Breesport?
$85,294 (±$25,881) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Breesport?
4.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Breesport?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Breesport work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Horseheads (21%, 3 mi), Elmira (17%, 7 mi), Big Flats (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Breesport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Breesport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Breesport
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.