Work & commute · Brasher

Work & commute in Brasher, NY

Most working residents leave Brasher for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Potsdam (19%), Massena (14%) and Akwesasne (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 942 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 894 Brasher residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 269 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brasher.

894live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

269work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brasher goes to work

Potsdam20.9 mi away

19%182

Massena7.4 mi away

14%136

Akwesasne6.2 mi away

7%64

Canton32.3 mi away

7%63

Brasher (in town)right here

5%48

Malone23.1 mi away

5%45

Stockholm11.8 mi away

2%22

Lawrence10.1 mi away

2%20

Syracuse145.8 mi away

2%19

Albany160.3 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%326

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

How far

How far Brasher commutes

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

22%

42%

12%

24%

22%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brasher is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brasher are

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

Jobs based in Brasher

317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Brasher residents hold

942 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+2%

Jobs based in Brasher, 2013 → 2023: 310 → 317. 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.