With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Savona works elsewhere
Savona has 107 jobs, and 241 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Savona itself; outside it, Bath draws the most (20%, 6 miles). Commuters spend 22 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
What the numbers say about work in Savona
Savona and Bath trade workers both ways
Bath is the top workplace for Savona residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Savona come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Savona 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 ↓
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; with 241 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Savona: the destinations
Where Savona clocks in
20% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Savona
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Savona workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 299 commuters (the 11% 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 daily commute in and out of Savona
On a workday 240 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Savona on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
In Savona, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Savona, 2014 → 2024: 127 → 107. 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 Savona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Savona, by distance
About 24% 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.
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 Savona: questions
What is the median household income in Savona?
$56,563 (±$13,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Savona?
10.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Savona?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Savona work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bath (20%, 6 mi), Corning (12%, 13 mi), Elmira (5%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Savona without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Savona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Savona
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.