Most of Jacksonville commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 22 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). Employers in Jacksonville report 22 jobs for 178 working residents. Hardly any work in Jacksonville itself; outside it, Ithaca draws the most (31%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Jacksonville, and who commutes in
On a workday 178 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Jacksonville on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where Jacksonville’s working residents head each day
Where Jacksonville clocks in
31% of workers
17% of workers
16% 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.
A place that makes things: 68% of Jacksonville’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jacksonville, 2014 → 2024: 35 → 22. 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 Jacksonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Jacksonville: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jacksonville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 249 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.
How far Jacksonville goes to work
About 16% 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 Jacksonville: questions
What is the median household income in Jacksonville?
$72,361 (±$43,215) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jacksonville?
0.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jacksonville?
22 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 Jacksonville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ithaca (31%, 8 mi), Ulysses (17%, 0 mi), Ithaca (16%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jacksonville
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.