Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct · Photo: Lvklock · CC BY-SA 3.0Camillus has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
About one in ten work in Camillus; the top destination outside it is Syracuse (30%, 9 miles). There are 6,345 jobs in Camillus for 11,726 working residents. Camillus grades A− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Camillus: the gist
Commutes from Camillus are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Camillus and Syracuse trade workers both ways
Syracuse is the top workplace for Camillus residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Camillus come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Camillus residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Camillus
69% of Camillus residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 51% of the jobs based in Camillus pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Camillus’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Camillus is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #189 of 758 in New York. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Camillus’ grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Camillus could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Commuting from Camillus: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camillus workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,628 commuters (the 12% 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.
Out of Camillus to work: where people go
Where Camillus clocks in
30% of workers
5% 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.
The distance from Camillus to work
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The kinds of work in Camillus
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camillus, 2014 → 2024: 5,400 → 6,345. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Camillus’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Camillus
On a workday 10,635 residents head out to work, 1,091 work right here, and 5,254 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Camillus on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Camillus is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Camillus is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #395 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,053 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 59% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 17% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.1% of Camillus households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Camillus’ commuters take a bus or train.
Camillus next to U.S. towns of 18,000 to 34,000: 594th of 1,516 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Garden City NY | 23,043 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | New Castle NY | 18,259 | $250K | 2.5% | 4.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Mineola NY | 21,376 | $138K | 5.3% | 3.2% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 592 | Sartell MN | 19,918 | $84K | 7.4% | 2.2% | 14% | A− |
| 593 | Boerne TX | 24,047 | $85K | 6.8% | 3.5% | 20% | A− |
| 594 | Camillus NY | 25,088 | $86K | 8.0% | 2.7% | 9% | A− |
| 595 | West Whittier-Los Nietos CA | 25,615 | $112K | 11.0% | 4.6% | 2% | A− |
| 596 | Lansdale PA | 18,986 | $88K | 11.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,516 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Camillus, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Around Camillus: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Geddes (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Camillus workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camillus | – | A− | B | 21 min | $85,915 |
| Geddes | 4% | B+ | A− | 19 min | $76,839 |
| Van Buren | under 2% | B+ | B | 25 min | $73,779 |
| Marcellus | under 2% | B | B | 28 min | $94,112 |
| Solvay | under 2% | B− | A | 19 min | $61,166 |
| Westvale | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Elbridge | under 2% | B | C+ | 25 min | $76,479 |
| Onondaga | 3% | A− | B | 21 min | $104,448 |
Same-state neighbors only. Westvale: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Camillus’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 2024, 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 Camillus: questions
What is the median household income in Camillus?
$85,915 (±$3,951) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camillus?
8.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camillus?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camillus work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (30%, 9 mi), DeWitt (9%, 12 mi), Clay (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Camillus walkable?
Camillus is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Camillus without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 17% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Camillus, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camillus
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.