Lacona has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
36 jobs are based in Lacona for 216 working residents. Hardly any work in Lacona itself; outside it, Richland draws the most (8%, 8 miles). Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Lacona, in brief
A workday in Lacona: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 216 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Lacona on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where Lacona goes to work
Where Lacona clocks in
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.
Jobs in Lacona: what the 36 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lacona, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 36. 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 Lacona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Lacona
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lacona workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 270 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where in the region Lacona works
About 24% 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.
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 Lacona: questions
What is the median household income in Lacona?
$76,500 (±$13,427) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lacona?
24.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lacona?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lacona work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richland (8%, 8 mi), DeWitt (8%, 41 mi), Syracuse (6%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lacona without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lacona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lacona
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.