Photo: Irina S.B. · CC BY 4.0Scotts Corners has 2.9 jobs for every working resident: 813 people commute in to work
Working from home is the commute for 33% of workers, against 15% across New York. Scotts Corners has 822 jobs, and 287 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% stay in Scotts Corners for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (29%, 42 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Scotts Corners: the gist
Scotts Corners is where the jobs are
Scotts Corners has 822 jobs, 2.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,300 people are in town, 74% more than the 720 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Scotts Corners have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Scotts Corners went from 394 in 2014 to 822 in 2024, +109%. The jobs ↓
Scotts Corners and New York City trade workers both ways
New York City is the top workplace for Scotts Corners residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Scotts Corners come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 287 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The daily flow of workers through Scotts Corners
On a workday 278 residents head out to work and 9 work right here.
About 1,300 people are in Scotts Corners on a workday afternoon, 74% 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 kinds of work in Scotts Corners
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scotts Corners, 2014 → 2024: 394 → 822. 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 Scotts Corners’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Scotts Corners
Where Scotts Corners clocks in
29% of workers
8% 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.
The trip to work from Scotts Corners: about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scotts Corners workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 302 commuters (the 33% 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 Scotts Corners goes to work
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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Scotts Corners: questions
What is the median household income in Scotts Corners?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scotts Corners?
2.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scotts Corners?
43 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scotts Corners work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (29%, 42 mi), Stamford (8%, 8 mi), Pound Ridge (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Scotts Corners without a car?
14% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scotts Corners, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scotts Corners
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.