With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Nedrow works elsewhere
Working residents average 18 minutes each way, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Nedrow report 460 jobs, against 1,013 working residents. 10% of workers work from home (New York 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Nedrow, in a few figures
Commutes from Nedrow 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 ↓
Nedrow and Syracuse trade workers both ways
Syracuse is the top workplace for Nedrow residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Nedrow come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Nedrow
57% of Nedrow residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 28% of the jobs based in Nedrow pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
52% of the jobs in Nedrow are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Nedrow pay little
33% of the jobs based in Nedrow pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 41% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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 18 minutes each way for Nedrow’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nedrow workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 941 commuters (the 10% 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.
34% of working residents work in Syracuse
Where Nedrow clocks in
34% of workers
8% 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 Nedrow
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nedrow, 2013 → 2023: 460 → 460. 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 Nedrow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Nedrow by day
On a workday 968 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 415 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Nedrow on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Nedrow
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work next door: 34% of Nedrow’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Syracuse. Darker towns draw more of Nedrow’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 Nedrow: questions
What is the median household income in Nedrow?
$70,489 (±$9,673) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nedrow?
4.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nedrow?
18 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nedrow work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (34%, 4 mi), DeWitt (13%, 6 mi), Onondaga (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nedrow without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nedrow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nedrow
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.