Red Creek has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole. There are 89 jobs in Red Creek, and 194 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Red Creek, and who commutes in
On a workday 189 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Red Creek on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2024, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Wolcott
Where Red Creek clocks in
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.
Jobs in Red Creek: what the 89 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red Creek, 2014 → 2024: 348 → 89. 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 Red Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Red Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Red Creek workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 295 commuters (the 1% 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.
How far it is to work from Red Creek
About 19% 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.
Work next door: 14% of Red Creek’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Wolcott. Darker towns draw more of Red Creek’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 Red Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Red Creek?
$69,167 (±$50,675) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red Creek?
20.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Red Creek?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Red Creek work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wolcott (14%, 3 mi), Huron (8%, 8 mi), Sodus (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Red Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Red Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red Creek
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.