Where DeRuyter earns its living
A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes (New York 33, U.S. 26). Only 8% work in DeRuyter itself; outside it, Hamilton draws the most (10%, 20 miles). 224 jobs are based in DeRuyter for 181 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in DeRuyter by day
On a workday 167 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in DeRuyter on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places DeRuyter commutes to
Where DeRuyter clocks in
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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in DeRuyter
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in DeRuyter, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 224. 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 DeRuyter’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from DeRuyter: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of DeRuyter workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 commuters (the 16% 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.
How far it is to work from DeRuyter
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.
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 DeRuyter: questions
What is the median household income in DeRuyter?
$55,000 (±$23,017) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in DeRuyter?
16.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from DeRuyter?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in DeRuyter work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hamilton (10%, 20 mi), DeRuyter (9%, 2 mi), Syracuse (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around DeRuyter without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from DeRuyter, from the people who make the trip.
More of DeRuyter
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.