Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs and earnings in Ithaca, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Ohio has 13%. Hardly any work in Ithaca; the top destination outside it is Troy (12%, 19 miles). The average commute takes 35 minutes each way, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Ithaca for work, and who comes in
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 65 people are in Ithaca on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Ithaca goes to work
Where Ithaca clocks in
12% of workers
9% 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.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Ithaca
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ithaca workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Ithaca, by distance
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 Ithaca: questions
What is the median household income in Ithaca?
$68,750 (±$33,309) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ithaca?
0.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ithaca?
35 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ithaca work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Troy (12%, 19 mi), Versailles (9%, 20 mi), Greenville (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ithaca without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ithaca, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ithaca
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.