Work & commute · Canton

Work & commute in Canton, NY

About one in 4 of Canton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Canton (38%), Potsdam (11%) and Ogdensburg (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

555 of 1,949 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,394 Canton residents head out of town to work, 555 work right here, and 3,671 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canton.

1,394live here, work elsewhere

555live and work here

3,671work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canton goes to work

Canton2.8 mi away

38%735

Potsdam8.6 mi away

11%216

Ogdensburg16.4 mi away

5%91

De Kalb13 mi away

2%41

Watertown56.8 mi away

2%40

Syracuse118.2 mi away

2%40

Massena29.8 mi away

2%39

Albany150.1 mi away

2%35

New York279.1 mi away

2%34

Gouverneur23.2 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%649

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

How far

How far Canton commutes

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

43%

20%

30%

43%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canton is a job hub

2.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Canton are

4,226 jobs are based in Canton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Canton

4,226 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Canton residents hold

1,949 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−4%

Jobs based in Canton, 2013 → 2023: 4,409 → 4,226. 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.