Photo: Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in McGraw
The trip to work takes 19 minutes on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. Home is the office for 4% of workers; New York has 15%. Only 3% work in McGraw itself; outside it, Cortlandville draws the most (22%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set McGraw apart
McGraw and Cortlandville trade workers both ways
Cortlandville is the top workplace for McGraw residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in McGraw come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from McGraw are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Few McGraw workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 427 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of McGraw: the destinations
Where McGraw clocks in
22% of workers
20% of workers
4% 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 trip to work from McGraw: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McGraw workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 370 commuters (the 4% 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.
McGraw by day and by night
On a workday 415 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 247 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in McGraw on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Making and building: 30% of jobs based in McGraw
259 jobs are based in McGraw.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McGraw, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 259. 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 McGraw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region McGraw works
About 20% 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 McGraw: questions
What is the median household income in McGraw?
$64,185 (±$11,759) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McGraw?
6.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McGraw?
19 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McGraw work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cortlandville (22%, 1 mi), Cortland (20%, 4 mi), Ithaca (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McGraw without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McGraw, from the people who make the trip.
More of McGraw
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.