Photo: Phmalo · CC BY-SA 2.5Otisco has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
232 jobs are based in Otisco; 1,064 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Otisco is better than 66% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (C+). About one in ten stay in Otisco for work; outside it, Syracuse is the main destination (23%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Otisco: the figures worth knowing
Otisco is a place people come home to
There are 232 jobs based in Otisco, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Otisco has about 1,500 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Otisco are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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.
The four measures behind Otisco’s grade
The poverty rate holds Otisco’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Otisco could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How many people are in Otisco by day
On a workday 976 residents head out to work, 88 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Otisco on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Otisco’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Otisco workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,197 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.
Where Otisco goes to work
Where Otisco clocks in
23% 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.
Goods, not services: 43% of the jobs in Otisco
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Otisco, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 232. 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 Otisco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Otisco
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.
The commute in Otisco is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,328 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Otisco households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Otisco’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200, Otisco comes 1,386th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 7 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 8 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,384 | Churubusco IN | 1,853 | $65K | 9.2% | 1.8% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,385 | Waterford NY | 1,999 | $73K | 10.6% | 2.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,386 | Otisco NY | 2,368 | $84K | 5.8% | 3.6% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,387 | Schleswig WI | 1,957 | $92K | 6.8% | 5.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,388 | Swedesboro NJ | 2,766 | $89K | 10.9% | 4.8% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Otisco, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 12% of Otisco
The biggest share goes to Tully (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Otisco’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 Otisco: questions
What is the median household income in Otisco?
$83,950 (±$17,282) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Otisco?
5.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Otisco?
27 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 Otisco work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (23%, 13 mi), DeWitt (8%, 15 mi), Tully (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Otisco walkable?
Otisco is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Otisco without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Otisco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Otisco
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. 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.