Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0Earlville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Earlville report 60 jobs, and 327 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Earlville itself; outside it, Hamilton draws the most (16%, 4 miles). Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Earlville
Earlville is a place people come home to
There are 60 jobs based in Earlville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Earlville has about 500 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Earlville are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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 327 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Earlville
On a workday 325 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Earlville on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Earlville: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Earlville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 281 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.
Where Earlville goes to work
Where Earlville clocks in
Lines 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 Earlville: what the 60 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Earlville, 2014 → 2024: 136 → 60. 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 Earlville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Earlville commutes
About 18% 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.
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 Earlville: questions
What is the median household income in Earlville?
$75,469 (±$23,452) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Earlville?
6.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Earlville?
28 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 Earlville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hamilton (16%, 4 mi), Sherburne (9%, 4 mi), Norwich (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Earlville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Earlville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Earlville
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.