Work & commute · Champion

Work & commute in Champion, NY

Most working residents leave Champion for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (18%), Wilna (10%) and Le Ray (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

170 of 1,405 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 1,235 Champion residents head out of town to work, 170 work right here, and 922 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Champion.

1,235live here, work elsewhere

170live and work here

922work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Champion goes to work

Watertown10.1 mi away

18%250

Champion (in town)right here

12%170

Wilna8.1 mi away

10%140

Le Ray8.5 mi away

6%80

Watertown11 mi away

6%78

Pamelia11.6 mi away

3%44

Lowville14.4 mi away

3%44

Syracuse68 mi away

2%29

Rutland4.5 mi away

2%27

Philadelphia11.7 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%518

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

How far

How far Champion commutes

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

34%

35%

28%

34%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Champion is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Champion are

1,092 jobs are based in Champion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Champion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Champion

1,092 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Champion residents hold

1,405 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−4%

Jobs based in Champion, 2013 → 2023: 1,139 → 1,092. 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.