Solvay Public Library · Photo: Crazyale · CC0Jobs and the daily commute in Geddes
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 7.2 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 33.1 in Syracuse. Geddes grades B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Only 7% stay in Geddes for work; outside it, Syracuse is the main destination (34%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Geddes
Commutes from Geddes are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Geddes works one town over
43% of working residents work in a town that borders Geddes: Syracuse (34%), Salina (5%) and Camillus (4%). Next door ↓
Most Geddes residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
Inside Geddes’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Geddes is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #209 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Geddes could be anywhere from B to A.
Getting to work from Geddes takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Geddes workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,927 commuters (the 11% 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 Geddes goes to work
About 15% 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.
How a workday changes Geddes
On a workday 7,313 residents head out to work, 578 work right here, and 5,878 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 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.
Commuting out of Geddes: the destinations
Where Geddes clocks in
34% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Geddes: what the 6,456 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Geddes, 2013 → 2023: 6,221 → 6,456. 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 Geddes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Geddes
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Geddes is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #285 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,824 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 31% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.5% of Geddes households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Geddes’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Geddes ranks: 762nd of 1,888 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 22,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Victor NY | 16,422 | $116K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 760 | Vincent CA | 15,340 | $100K | 6.7% | 6.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 761 | Streetsboro OH | 17,730 | $90K | 5.6% | 5.1% | 12% | B+ |
| 762 | Geddes NY | 16,579 | $77K | 4.6% | 4.2% | 7% | B+ |
| 763 | Lakeside VA | 12,654 | $72K | 11.8% | 1.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 764 | Edgewater NJ | 15,499 | $124K | 7.7% | 8.0% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,888 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Geddes, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 43% of Geddes
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Geddes workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geddes | – | B+ | A− | 19 min | $76,839 |
| Syracuse | 34% | C− | A+ | 18 min | $47,819 |
| Solvay | under 3% | B− | A | 19 min | $61,166 |
| Lysander | under 3% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $107,984 |
| Salina | 5% | B− | A− | 18 min | $72,474 |
| Camillus | 4% | A− | B | 21 min | $85,915 |
| Van Buren | under 3% | B+ | B | 25 min | $73,779 |
| Fairmount | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairmount: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Syracuse. Darker towns draw more of Geddes’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 Geddes: questions
What is the median household income in Geddes?
$76,839 (±$7,074) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Geddes?
4.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Geddes?
19 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Geddes work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (34%, 5 mi), DeWitt (9%, 8 mi), Clay (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Geddes walkable?
Geddes is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Geddes without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 31% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Geddes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Geddes
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.