Photo: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0Oneonta has 2.2 jobs for every working resident: 4,026 people commute in to work
Oneonta has 4,345 jobs, against 1,979 working residents. Jobs and income earn Oneonta C−; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in seven work in Oneonta; the top destination outside it is Oneonta (21%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oneonta, in a few figures
Commutes from Oneonta are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Oneonta is where the jobs are
Oneonta has 4,345 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,300 people are in town, 48% more than the 5,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
Why Oneonta gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oneonta is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #623 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Oneonta’s grade up ($79,074, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.6%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oneonta could be anywhere from D to B.
The daily trip from Oneonta: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oneonta workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,921 commuters (the 16% 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.
Who leaves Oneonta for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,660 residents head out to work and 319 work right here.
About 7,300 people are in Oneonta on a workday afternoon, 48% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The distance from Oneonta to work
About 34% 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.
Commuting in to Oneonta: where workers come from
Where Oneonta clocks in
21% 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.
What Oneonta’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oneonta, 2014 → 2024: 4,485 → 4,345. 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 Oneonta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Oneonta walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oneonta is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #404 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,285 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.1% of Oneonta households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Oneonta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oneonta is 2,923rd of 3,692 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 22 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,921 | Slaton TX | 5,684 | $57K | 15.7% | 6.7% | 12% | C− |
| 2,922 | Harter Township IL | 5,912 | $53K | 16.2% | 3.4% | 21% | C− |
| 2,923 | Oneonta NY | 4,961 | $79K | 14.1% | 7.6% | 16% | C− |
| 2,924 | Eldorado IL | 3,579 | $37K | 22.4% | 1.7% | 21% | C− |
| 2,925 | Sidney NE | 6,432 | $55K | 16.2% | 3.1% | 55% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Oneonta, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Oneonta and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Milford (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oneonta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oneonta | – | C− | B | 22 min | $79,074 |
| Davenport | 1% | C | B | 21 min | $79,539 |
| Milford | 2% | B | C+ | 23 min | $73,333 |
| Laurens | under 2% | C− | C | 26 min | $72,404 |
| Otego | under 2% | C− | C+ | 22 min | $77,553 |
| Franklin | under 2% | C | B− | 27 min | $64,323 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oneonta’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 Oneonta: questions
What is the median household income in Oneonta?
$79,074 (±$10,481) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oneonta?
14.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oneonta?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oneonta work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oneonta (21%, 3 mi), New York City (8%, 136 mi), Otsego (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Oneonta walkable?
Oneonta is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oneonta 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 Oneonta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oneonta
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.