Mattydale has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
8% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. 628 jobs are based in Mattydale; 2,918 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Mattydale; the top destination outside it is Syracuse (25%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mattydale, in a few figures
Commutes from Mattydale are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Mattydale residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Mattydale than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Mattydale fell from 1,090 in 2014 to 628 in 2024, −42%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Mattydale is a place people come home to
There are 628 jobs based in Mattydale, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mattydale has about 3,700 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Mattydale and Syracuse trade workers both ways
Syracuse is the top workplace for Mattydale residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Mattydale come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mattydale workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,836 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 many miles Mattydale commutes
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.
The kinds of work in Mattydale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mattydale, 2014 → 2024: 1,090 → 628. 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 Mattydale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Mattydale, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,877 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 587 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Mattydale on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 people from Mattydale work
Where Mattydale clocks in
25% of workers
11% 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.
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 Mattydale: questions
What is the median household income in Mattydale?
$66,940 (±$5,341) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mattydale?
15.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mattydale?
18 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 Mattydale work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (25%, 4 mi), DeWitt (16%, 5 mi), Clay (11%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mattydale without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mattydale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mattydale
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.