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Jobs & commute in Rushville

Rushville has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

0% of workers have no commute at all, where New York as a whole has 15%. Employers in Rushville report 66 jobs, against 245 working residents. Hardly any stay in Rushville for work; outside it, Canandaigua is the main destination (9%, 9 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

The commute and the jobs: Rushville in brief

Rushville is a place people come home to

There are 66 jobs based in Rushville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rushville has about 510 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Commutes from Rushville are quick

The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓

Few Rushville workers work from home

Only 0% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 245 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Rushville

On a workday 243 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.

243live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
64work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night690
Workday510
690live here− 240head out to work+ 64come in to work= 510on a workday

About 510 people are in Rushville on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.27jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

Time on the road

About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York

A year of commuting
175 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Rushville23 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Rushville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Rushville gets to work
93%Drive alone
7%Carpool

Share of the 179 commuters (the 0% 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.

The commute map

Out of Rushville to work: where people go

RushvilleGeneva: 9 residents work here (4%)Canandaigua: 22 residents work here (9%)Rochester: 10 residents work here (4%)Milo: 11 residents work here (4%)Middlesex: 7 residents work here (3%)JerusalemHopewell: 16 residents work here (7%)BarringtonVictor: 7 residents work here (3%)PotterBrightonCanandaigua: 15 residents work here (6%)Gorham: 17 residents work here (7%)Manchester: 9 residents work here (4%)PerintonHenriettaCanandaiguaGorhamHopewellCanandaiguaMiloRochesterRushville
1
Canandaigua9.2 mi away
9%22
2
Gorham2.9 mi away
7%17
3
Hopewell9.3 mi away
7%16
4
Canandaigua8.2 mi away
6%15
5
Milo15.3 mi away
4%11
6
Rochester34.4 mi away
4%10
7
Geneva14.3 mi away
4%9
8
Manchester15.7 mi away
4%9
9
Middlesex4.3 mi away
3%7
10
Victor18.7 mi away
3%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%122
The top trips

Where Rushville clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in RushvilleJobs Rushville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%21%
Trade, transport & utilities20%21%
Services: health, schools, offices80%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less5%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%33%
Over $3,333 a month73%57%

Who does it

29 or younger14%20%
30 to 5455%53%
55 and older32%27%
−49%

Jobs based in Rushville, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 66. 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 Rushville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Where in the region Rushville works

10 mi25 mi40 miCanandaigua: 9% · 9.2 miGorham: 7% · 2.9 miHopewell: 7% · 9.3 miCanandaigua: 6% · 8.2 miMilo: 4% · 15.3 miRochester: 4% · 34.4 miGeneva: 4% · 14.3 miManchester: 4% · 15.7 miMiddlesex: 3% · 4.3 miVictor: 3% · 18.7 miCanandaigua 9%Gorham 7%Hopewell 7%Canandaigua 6%Milo 4%Rushville
RushvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
29%Under 10 mi72 residents
34%10–24 mi84 residents
15%25–50 mi37 residents
21%Over 50 mi52 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Rushville: questions

What is the median household income in Rushville?

$42,074 (±$5,333) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Rushville?

16.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Rushville?

23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Rushville work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canandaigua (9%, 9 mi), Gorham (7%, 3 mi), Hopewell (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Rushville 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 Rushville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Rushville

Rushville home →

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.