Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Sodus has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
About one in five work in Sodus; the top destination outside it is Rochester (8%, 29 miles). Employers in Sodus report 1,850 jobs for 3,441 working residents. Jobs and income earn Sodus C; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sodus, in a few figures
Commutes from Sodus are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Sodus’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Sodus is Rochester, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (291) 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.
Inside Sodus’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sodus is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #606 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Sodus’ grade up ($70,478, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sodus could be anywhere from D to B.
About 23 minutes to work from Sodus
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sodus workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,351 commuters (the 8% 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 Sodus goes to work
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.
How a workday changes Sodus
On a workday 2,720 residents head out to work, 721 work right here, and 1,129 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Sodus on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Out of Sodus to work: where people go
Where Sodus clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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 kinds of work in Sodus
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sodus, 2013 → 2023: 1,858 → 1,850. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Sodus, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sodus is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #471 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,642 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.2% of Sodus households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Sodus’ commuters take a bus or train.
Sodus next to U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,100: 2,397th of 3,034 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 15 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,395 | Wytheville VA | 8,128 | $47K | 21.2% | 2.4% | 35% | C |
| 2,396 | Powell WY | 6,574 | $64K | 12.8% | 3.7% | 44% | C |
| 2,397 | Sodus NY | 8,201 | $70K | 17.1% | 5.4% | 21% | C |
| 2,398 | Garden Acres CA | 10,667 | $66K | 18.9% | 10.3% | 3% | C |
| 2,399 | Dock Junction GA | 8,147 | $41K | 27.0% | 2.3% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,034 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sodus, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 18% of Sodus
The biggest share goes to Arcadia (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sodus workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sodus | – | C | B | 23 min | $70,478 |
| Sodus Point | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Huron | 2% | C− | C+ | 28 min | $90,000 |
| Arcadia | 6% | C+ | B | 23 min | $63,398 |
| Williamson | 6% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $90,515 |
| Lyons | 4% | C | A− | 21 min | $74,524 |
| Marion | under 2% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $80,469 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sodus Point: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sodus’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: questions
What is the median household income in Sodus?
$70,478 (±$13,419) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sodus?
17.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sodus?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sodus work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (8%, 29 mi), Williamson (6%, 8 mi), Arcadia (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sodus walkable?
Sodus is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sodus without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sodus, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sodus
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.