Photo: Mitchazenia · CC BY-SA 4.0Making a living in Tyre
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, against 15% across New York. The average commute takes 29 minutes each way; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26. There are 375 jobs in Tyre, and 378 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Tyre and work: the main findings
Tyre makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Tyre are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Tyre residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Tyre
62% of Tyre residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 43% of the jobs based in Tyre pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Tyre pay little
27% of the jobs based in Tyre pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 30% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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 378 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
43% of the jobs in Tyre make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tyre, 2013 → 2023: 285 → 375. 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 Tyre’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Tyre, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 361 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 358 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 (0.99 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.
12% of working residents work in Seneca Falls
Where Tyre clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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 long Tyre spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tyre workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 456 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.
How many miles Tyre commutes
About 19% 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.
Tyre and its neighbors: 12% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tyre workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyre | – | — | — | 29 min | $63,125 |
| Montezuma | under 3% | B− | D− | 23 min | $73,250 |
| Aurelius | under 3% | B− | B− | 19 min | $94,079 |
| Seneca Falls | 12% | C | B+ | 17 min | $62,487 |
| Savannah | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 31 min | $62,604 |
| Galen | under 3% | C− | C+ | 22 min | $64,177 |
| Junius | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 19 min | $76,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Seneca Falls. Darker towns draw more of Tyre’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 Tyre: questions
What is the median household income in Tyre?
$63,125 (±$13,775) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tyre?
9.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tyre?
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 Tyre work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seneca Falls (12%, 5 mi), Waterloo (10%, 8 mi), Geneva (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tyre without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tyre, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tyre
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.