Photo: Pollinator (Uploads) · CC BY-SA 3.0Gainesville has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Gainesville has 47 jobs, against 84 working residents. Only 2% stay in Gainesville for work; outside it, Warsaw is the main destination (25%, 7 miles). Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Gainesville
On a workday 82 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Gainesville on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Out of Gainesville to work: where people go
Where Gainesville clocks in
25% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Gainesville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gainesville, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 47. 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 Gainesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Gainesville’s commute takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gainesville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 105 commuters (the 8% 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 commute from Gainesville, by distance
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 Gainesville: questions
What is the median household income in Gainesville?
$64,750 (±$17,103) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gainesville?
5.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gainesville?
35 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gainesville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (25%, 7 mi), Gainesville (8%, 1 mi), Perry (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gainesville without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gainesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gainesville
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.