Tefft-Steadman House · Photo: Crazyale · CC0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Marcellus works elsewhere
There are 1,143 jobs in Marcellus for 2,830 working residents. Marcellus grades B for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten work in Marcellus; the top destination outside it is Syracuse (25%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Marcellus in brief
A longer commute than the towns next door
Marcellus averages 28 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (21 to 22 minutes). Next door ↓
Commutes from Marcellus 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.
The four measures behind Marcellus’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marcellus is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #330 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Marcellus’ grade up (5.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marcellus could be anywhere from B− to A.
About 28 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marcellus workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,596 commuters (the 13% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Marcellus
On a workday 2,521 residents head out to work, 309 work right here, and 834 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Marcellus on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
The places Marcellus commutes to
Where Marcellus clocks in
25% 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.
The kinds of work in Marcellus
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marcellus, 2014 → 2024: 1,090 → 1,143. 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 Marcellus’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Marcellus
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.
Few in Marcellus walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marcellus is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #421 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Marcellus near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,990 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 53% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 5.6% of Marcellus households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Marcellus’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,000, Marcellus ranks 1,469th of 3,336 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,467 | Mammoth Lakes CA | 6,867 | $98K | 6.1% | 3.3% | 54% | B |
| 1,468 | Highwood IL | 5,323 | $108K | 16.0% | 6.0% | 7% | B |
| 1,469 | Marcellus NY | 5,959 | $94K | 5.4% | 6.6% | 11% | B |
| 1,470 | Milan MI | 5,973 | $97K | 10.4% | 5.8% | 9% | B |
| 1,471 | Geneseo NY | 7,759 | $47K | 36.6% | 10.2% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,336 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 3% | 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 Marcellus, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 14% of Marcellus’ workers
The biggest share goes to Skaneateles (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marcellus workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcellus | – | B | B | 28 min | $94,112 |
| Skaneateles | 5% | B+ | A | 22 min | $103,545 |
| Onondaga | 4% | A− | B | 21 min | $104,448 |
| Camillus | 5% | A− | B | 21 min | $85,915 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marcellus’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 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 Marcellus: questions
What is the median household income in Marcellus?
$94,112 (±$8,067) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marcellus?
5.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marcellus?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marcellus work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (25%, 11 mi), DeWitt (6%, 15 mi), Skaneateles (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Marcellus walkable?
Marcellus is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marcellus without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marcellus, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marcellus
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. 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.