A job hub: Munsons Corners has 1.9 jobs per working resident, and 1,840 people come in to work
For 26% of workers, the job is at home; New York has 15%. Munsons Corners has 1,891 jobs, against 1,002 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes (New York 33, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Munsons Corners: the figures worth knowing
Commutes from Munsons Corners 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 ↓
Munsons Corners is where the jobs are
Munsons Corners has 1,891 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A lot of Munsons Corners works from home
27% of Munsons Corners workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Munsons Corners and Cortland trade workers both ways
Cortland is the top workplace for Munsons Corners residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Munsons Corners come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Munsons Corners workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 783 commuters (the 27% 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.
Munsons Corners on a workday afternoon
On a workday 951 residents head out to work and 51 work right here.
About 3,600 people are in Munsons Corners on a workday afternoon, 33% more 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 Munsons Corners’ workforce comes from
Where Munsons Corners clocks in
18% of workers
14% of workers
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.
Making and building: 31% of jobs based in Munsons Corners
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Munsons Corners, 2013 → 2023: 1,910 → 1,891. 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 Munsons Corners’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Munsons Corners
About 21% 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.
Next door is work for 18% of Munsons Corners
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Munsons Corners workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munsons Corners | – | — | — | 19 min | $56,069 |
| Cortland | 18% | C | A | 17 min | $59,482 |
| Cortland West | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cortland West: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cortland. Darker towns draw more of Munsons Corners’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 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 Munsons Corners: questions
What is the median household income in Munsons Corners?
$56,069 (±$22,078) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Munsons Corners?
14.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Munsons Corners?
19 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Munsons Corners work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cortland (18%, 2 mi), Cortlandville (14%, 5 mi), Ithaca (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Munsons Corners without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Munsons Corners, from the people who make the trip.
More of Munsons Corners
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.