Seneca Knolls has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Seneca Knolls report 218 jobs, and 874 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Seneca Knolls for work; outside it, Syracuse is the main destination (24%, 9 miles). 7% of workers work from home; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Seneca Knolls, in brief
Seneca Knolls is a place people come home to
There are 218 jobs based in Seneca Knolls, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Seneca Knolls has about 1,300 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Seneca Knolls residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 874 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Seneca Knolls by day and by night
On a workday 869 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Seneca Knolls on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The distance from Seneca Knolls to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where the trip to work from Seneca Knolls ends
Where Seneca Knolls clocks in
24% of workers
9% 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.
72% of the jobs in Seneca Knolls pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seneca Knolls, 2014 → 2024: 231 → 218. 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 Seneca Knolls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Seneca Knolls’ commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seneca Knolls workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 809 commuters (the 7% 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.
Seneca Knolls and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seneca Knolls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seneca Knolls | – | — | — | 31 min | $59,750 |
| Village Green | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Village Green: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Seneca Knolls’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 Seneca Knolls: questions
What is the median household income in Seneca Knolls?
$59,750 (±$34,962) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seneca Knolls?
13.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seneca Knolls?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seneca Knolls work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (24%, 9 mi), DeWitt (11%, 12 mi), Clay (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Seneca Knolls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seneca Knolls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seneca Knolls
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.