Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Sodus Point works elsewhere
152 jobs are based in Sodus Point for 334 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 35 minutes, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 20% of workers; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sodus Point, in brief
21% of working residents work in Sodus
Where Sodus Point clocks in
21% of workers
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.
Sodus Point quiets down on a workday
On a workday 324 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Sodus Point on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Jobs in Sodus Point: what the 152 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sodus Point, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 152. 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 Sodus Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Sodus Point, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sodus Point workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 388 commuters (the 20% 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 distance from Sodus Point to work
About 15% 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.
Next door is work for 21% of Sodus Point
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sodus Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sodus Point | – | — | — | 35 min | $81,750 |
| Sodus | 21% | C | B | 23 min | $70,478 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sodus. Darker towns draw more of Sodus Point’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 Sodus Point: questions
What is the median household income in Sodus Point?
$81,750 (±$16,636) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sodus Point?
8.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sodus Point?
35 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sodus Point work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sodus (21%, 4 mi), Williamson (9%, 10 mi), Rochester (8%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sodus Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sodus Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sodus Point
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.