Work & commute · Brushton

Work & commute in Brushton, NY

Most working residents leave Brushton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Malone (34%), Moira (7%) and Massena (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 166 Brushton residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brushton.

166live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brushton goes to work

Malone12 mi away

34%56

Moira2.3 mi away

7%12

Massena18.2 mi away

6%10

Tupper Lake40.6 mi away

4%6

Potsdam27.5 mi away

3%5

Akwesasne12.2 mi away

3%5

Plattsburgh52.6 mi away

2%4

Lawrence10 mi away

2%4

Albany153.8 mi away

2%3

North Elba48.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%59

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

How far

How far Brushton commutes

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

20%

41%

15%

24%

20%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brushton is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brushton are

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

Jobs based in Brushton

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less49%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month11%

Jobs Brushton residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+62%

Jobs based in Brushton, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 47. 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.