East Durham draws 400 commuters a day, with 2.4 jobs for every working resident
409 jobs are based in East Durham, and 169 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% stay in East Durham for work; outside it, Durham is the main destination (12%, 3 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of East Durham, and who commutes in
On a workday 160 residents head out to work and 9 work right here.
About 740 people are in East Durham on a workday afternoon, 48% more 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.
Where the people who work in East Durham live
Where East Durham clocks in
12% 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.
Goods, not services: 83% of the jobs in East Durham
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Durham, 2014 → 2024: 78 → 409. 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 East Durham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
East Durham’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Durham workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 253 commuters (the 0% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from East Durham
About 25% 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.
Next door to East Durham
The biggest share goes to Greenville (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Durham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Durham | – | — | — | 30 min | $82,813 |
| Greenville | 2% | B+ | B | 32 min | $81,406 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Durham’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 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 East Durham: questions
What is the median household income in East Durham?
$82,813 (±$21,807) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Durham?
7.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Durham?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Durham work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Durham (12%, 3 mi), New York City (12%, 118 mi), Colonie (7%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around East Durham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Durham, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Durham
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.