Photo: Mitchazenia · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Cuyler commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 99 jobs in Cuyler, against 381 working residents. Only 1% work in Cuyler; the top destination outside it is Cortland (18%, 15 miles). 4% of workers work from home (New York 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Cuyler
Cuyler is a place people come home to
There are 99 jobs based in Cuyler, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cuyler has about 610 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Cuyler workers work from home
Only 4% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 381 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Cuyler by day
On a workday 376 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Cuyler on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
About 30 minutes to work from Cuyler
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cuyler workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 352 commuters (the 4% 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 towns that employ Cuyler’s residents
Where Cuyler clocks in
18% 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.
What Cuyler’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cuyler, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 99. 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 Cuyler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Cuyler works
About 19% 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.
Around Cuyler: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Truxton. Darker towns draw more of Cuyler’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 Cuyler: questions
What is the median household income in Cuyler?
$82,813 (±$19,794) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cuyler?
7.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cuyler?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cuyler work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cortland (18%, 15 mi), Cortlandville (17%, 12 mi), Truxton (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cuyler without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cuyler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cuyler
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.