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Jobs & commute in Lodi

Lodi has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Hardly any work in Lodi itself; outside it, Covert draws the most (11%, 7 miles). There are 29 jobs in Lodi, and 79 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers; New York has 15%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Lodi by day and by night

On a workday 79 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.

79live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
29work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night270
Workday220
270live here− 79head out to work+ 29come in to work= 220on a workday

About 220 people are in Lodi on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.37jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Lodi ends

LodiGeneva: 4 residents work here (5%)Ithaca: 2 residents work here (3%)ElmiraSyracuseNew York: 3 residents work here (4%)LansingStarkeyVarickUlysses: 3 residents work here (4%)SkaneatelesCovert: 9 residents work here (11%)Lodi: 5 residents work here (6%)Ovid: 5 residents work here (6%)Waterloo: 3 residents work here (4%)Hector: 5 residents work here (6%)BaldwinIthaca: 8 residents work here (10%)CovertIthacaLodiOvidHectorGenevaLodi
1
Covert6.7 mi away
11%9
2
Ithaca19.9 mi away
10%8
3
Lodi1.6 mi away
6%5
4
Ovid2.9 mi away
6%5
5
Hector10.9 mi away
6%5
6
Geneva19.1 mi away
5%4
7
New York City200.8 mi away
4%3
8
Ulysses12.5 mi away
4%3
9
Waterloo21.6 mi away
4%3
10
Ithaca20 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%32
The top trips

Where Lodi clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

38% of the jobs in Lodi make or build things

Jobs based in LodiJobs Lodi residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms38%27%
Trade, transport & utilities0%11%
Services: health, schools, offices62%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less28%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%38%
Over $3,333 a month31%53%

Who does it

29 or younger17%18%
30 to 5452%57%
55 and older31%25%
−6%

Jobs based in Lodi, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 29. 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 Lodi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Lodi: about 32 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
245 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Lodi32 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

of Lodi workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Lodi gets to work
89%Drive alone
4%Carpool
7%Other

Share of the 109 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Lodi

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCovert: 11% · 6.7 miIthaca: 10% · 19.9 miLodi: 6% · 1.6 miOvid: 6% · 2.9 miHector: 6% · 10.9 miGeneva: 5% · 19.1 miNew York City: 4% · 200.8 miUlysses: 4% · 12.5 miWaterloo: 4% · 21.6 miIthaca: 3% · 20 miCovert 11%Ithaca 10%Lodi 6%Ovid 6%Hector 6%Lodi
LodiTop destinations (size = commuters)
34%Under 10 mi27 residents
35%10–24 mi28 residents
15%25–50 mi12 residents
15%Over 50 mi12 residents

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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Lodi: questions

What is the median household income in Lodi?

$54,125 (±$11,855) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Lodi?

9.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Lodi?

32 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 Lodi work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Covert (11%, 7 mi), Ithaca (10%, 20 mi), Lodi (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Lodi without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Lodi, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Lodi

Lodi home →

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.