Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Corfu, NY
A typical one-way commute lasts 23 minutes, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 2% of workers have no commute at all, where New York as a whole has 15%. Only 3% work in Corfu; the top destination outside it is Pembroke (13%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Corfu in brief
Commutes from Corfu are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Corfu workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 306 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Time on the road from Corfu: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corfu workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 373 commuters (the 2% 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.
Who commutes out of Corfu, and who commutes in
On a workday 297 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 214 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Corfu on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Corfu to work: where people go
Where Corfu clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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 kinds of work in Corfu
223 jobs are based in Corfu.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corfu, 2014 → 2024: 174 → 223. 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 Corfu’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Corfu
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.
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 Corfu: questions
What is the median household income in Corfu?
$76,250 (±$21,753) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corfu?
6.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corfu?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corfu work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pembroke (13%, 3 mi), Batavia (11%, 12 mi), Amherst (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Corfu without a car?
0% 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 Corfu, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corfu
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.