Earning a living in Honeoye
About one in ten work in Honeoye itself; outside it, Richmond draws the most (16%, 1 miles). Working residents average 28 minutes each way, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. There are 392 jobs in Honeoye for 307 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Honeoye apart
Honeoye’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Honeoye is Rochester, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (39) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Honeoye 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 307 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Honeoye to work
About 20% 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.
Commuting from Honeoye: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Honeoye workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 294 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.
Honeoye on a workday afternoon
On a workday 272 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Honeoye on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).
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 Honeoye’s working residents head each day
Where Honeoye clocks in
13% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Honeoye
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Honeoye, 2014 → 2024: 501 → 392. 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 Honeoye’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Honeoye: questions
What is the median household income in Honeoye?
$78,086 (±$15,875) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Honeoye?
1.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Honeoye?
28 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 Honeoye work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (16%, 1 mi), Rochester (13%, 27 mi), Henrietta (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Honeoye without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Honeoye, from the people who make the trip.
More of Honeoye
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.