Work & commute · Au Sable

Work & commute in Au Sable, NY

Most working residents leave Au Sable for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Plattsburgh (22%), Plattsburgh (19%) and Peru (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

126 of 1,270 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,144 Au Sable residents head out of town to work, 126 work right here, and 520 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Au Sable.

1,144live here, work elsewhere

126live and work here

520work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Au Sable goes to work

Plattsburgh13.5 mi away

22%285

Plattsburgh13.1 mi away

19%244

Au Sable (in town)right here

10%126

Peru5.6 mi away

4%57

North Elba32.6 mi away

3%44

Chesterfield5.4 mi away

3%37

Malone41.2 mi away

2%27

Moriah30.6 mi away

2%21

Elizabethtown22.3 mi away

2%21

Albany127.7 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%391

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

How far

How far Au Sable commutes

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

21%

47%

13%

19%

21%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Au Sable is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Au Sable are

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

Jobs based in Au Sable

646 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Au Sable residents hold

1,270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+13%

Jobs based in Au Sable, 2013 → 2023: 574 → 646. 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.