Jobs and the daily commute in Tully
Only 6% stay in Tully for work; outside it, Syracuse is the main destination (22%, 17 miles). Working residents average 24 minutes each way, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. There are 394 jobs in Tully for 380 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Tully apart on work
Commutes from Tully are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Tully than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Tully fell from 583 in 2013 to 394 in 2023, −32%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Tully
69% of Tully residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 51% of the jobs based in Tully pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 380 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 24 minutes each way for Tully’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tully workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 426 commuters (the 11% 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.
Jobs in Tully: what the 394 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tully, 2013 → 2023: 583 → 394. 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 Tully’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Tully
On a workday 359 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).
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 Tully to work: where people go
Where Tully clocks in
22% 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.
How many miles Tully commutes
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.
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 Tully: questions
What is the median household income in Tully?
$76,058 (±$12,854) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tully?
16.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tully?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tully work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (22%, 17 mi), Tully (13%, 2 mi), DeWitt (11%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tully without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tully, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tully
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.