Cayuga has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 9% of workers (New York 15%). 80 jobs are based in Cayuga for 195 working residents. Hardly any work in Cayuga; the top destination outside it is Auburn (22%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Cayuga for work, and who comes in
On a workday 195 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Cayuga 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 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Cayuga to work: where people go
Where Cayuga clocks in
22% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cayuga, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 80. 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 Cayuga’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Cayuga: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cayuga workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 324 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.
The commute from Cayuga, by distance
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door is work for 12% of Cayuga
The biggest share goes to Aurelius (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cayuga workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga | – | — | — | 21 min | $97,885 |
| Aurelius | 7% | B− | B− | 19 min | $94,079 |
| Seneca Falls | 5% | C | B+ | 17 min | $62,487 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cayuga’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 Cayuga: questions
What is the median household income in Cayuga?
$97,885 (±$25,232) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cayuga?
7.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cayuga?
21 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 Cayuga work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn (22%, 8 mi), Syracuse (8%, 31 mi), Owasco (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cayuga without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cayuga, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cayuga
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.