Most of Sempronius commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 6% of workers; New York has 15%. 37 jobs are based in Sempronius, against 413 working residents. Hardly any work in Sempronius; the top destination outside it is Ithaca (9%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sempronius, in a few figures
Sempronius is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Sempronius, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sempronius has about 520 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Sempronius’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Sempronius is Ithaca, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (36) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 413 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Sempronius
On a workday 409 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Sempronius on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
The commute from Sempronius, by distance
About 16% 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.
Where Sempronius’ working residents head each day
Where Sempronius clocks in
9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 54% of the jobs in Sempronius
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sempronius, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 37. 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 Sempronius’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Sempronius spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sempronius workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 358 commuters (the 6% 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.
Around Sempronius: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Moravia (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sempronius workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sempronius | – | — | — | 29 min | $70,000 |
| Niles | under 4% | C | C− | 26 min | $80,588 |
| Moravia | 8% | C | B | 25 min | $61,116 |
| Scott | under 4% | C+ | C | 34 min | $93,889 |
| Summerhill | under 4% | C− | D− | 29 min | $68,047 |
| Spafford | under 4% | B+ | C | 32 min | $111,138 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sempronius’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 Sempronius: questions
What is the median household income in Sempronius?
$70,000 (±$10,878) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sempronius?
10.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sempronius?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sempronius work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ithaca (9%, 25 mi), Moravia (8%, 4 mi), Ithaca (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sempronius without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sempronius, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sempronius
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.