Photo: Sgerbic · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Cazenovia (6.2%) is higher than in 76% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Cazenovia is better than 56% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (A). About one in seven work in Cazenovia itself; outside it, Cazenovia draws the most (17%, 1 miles). Measured by household income, Cazenovia is ahead of 71% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Cazenovia apart on work
Cazenovia trades workers with the towns around it
Cazenovia has about as many jobs (1,119) as working residents (1,023), but they are mostly different people: 879 residents leave for work each day while 975 people come in. Only 13% of the jobs in Cazenovia are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Cazenovia are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Cazenovia and Cazenovia trade workers both ways
Cazenovia is the top workplace for Cazenovia residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Cazenovia come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Cazenovia than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Cazenovia fell from 1,722 in 2014 to 1,119 in 2024, −35%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Cazenovia
The poverty rate holds Cazenovia’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cazenovia could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 879 residents head out to work, 144 work right here, and 975 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Cazenovia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cazenovia workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 960 commuters (the 19% 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.
Where people from Cazenovia work
Where Cazenovia clocks in
17% of workers
15% 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 Cazenovia: what the 1,119 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cazenovia, 2014 → 2024: 1,722 → 1,119. 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 Cazenovia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Cazenovia
About 20% 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.
Cazenovia is easy on foot, hard by bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 25.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 8.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,189 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.0% of Cazenovia households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Cazenovia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700, Cazenovia comes 2,021st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 10 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,019 | Armstrong Township PA | 2,747 | $81K | 3.4% | 6.2% | 4% | B |
| 2,020 | Lake City GA | 2,866 | $54K | 19.1% | 1.9% | 2% | B |
| 2,021 | Cazenovia NY | 2,722 | $93K | 5.8% | 6.2% | 14% | B |
| 2,022 | Merkel TX | 2,496 | $74K | 11.4% | 2.3% | 18% | B |
| 2,023 | Vernon Township IN | 2,867 | $77K | 11.0% | 1.1% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 0% | 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 Cazenovia, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Cazenovia: questions
What is the median household income in Cazenovia?
$92,857 (±$13,710) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cazenovia?
5.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cazenovia?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cazenovia work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cazenovia (17%, 1 mi), Syracuse (15%, 17 mi), DeWitt (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Cazenovia walkable?
Cazenovia is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 25% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cazenovia without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cazenovia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cazenovia
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.