Work & commute · Altona

Work & commute in Altona, NY

Most working residents leave Altona for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Plattsburgh (19%), Plattsburgh (16%) and Champlain (14%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 982 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 960 Altona residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Altona.

960live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Altona goes to work

Plattsburgh14.7 mi away

19%190

Plattsburgh12.8 mi away

16%160

Champlain14.3 mi away

14%142

Mooers7.9 mi away

6%55

Chazy10.3 mi away

3%32

Dannemora9.3 mi away

3%26

Altona (in town)right here

2%22

Beekmantown9 mi away

2%21

Ellenburg9 mi away

2%16

Albany150.5 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%303

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Altona commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

14%

58%

21%

14%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Altona is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Altona are

235 jobs are based in Altona. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Altona’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Altona

235 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Altona residents hold

982 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−2%

Jobs based in Altona, 2013 → 2023: 240 → 235. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.