Work & commute · Champlain

Work & commute in Champlain, NY

About one in 4 of Champlain’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Plattsburgh (15%), Plattsburgh (13%) and Chazy (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

724 of 2,554 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,830 Champlain residents head out of town to work, 724 work right here, and 1,284 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Champlain.

1,830live here, work elsewhere

724live and work here

1,284work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Champlain goes to work

Champlain (in town)right here

28%724

Plattsburgh19 mi away

15%376

Plattsburgh19.3 mi away

13%330

Chazy7.7 mi away

5%118

Beekmantown12.7 mi away

2%43

St. Albans, VT20.3 mi away

2%42

St. Albans, VT17.8 mi away

2%39

Albany160 mi away

1%36

South Burlington, VT38.7 mi away

1%28

Swanton, VT15.8 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%791

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

How far

How far Champlain commutes

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

32%

38%

23%

32%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Champlain is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Champlain are

2,008 jobs are based in Champlain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Champlain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Champlain

2,008 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Champlain residents hold

2,554 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−14%

Jobs based in Champlain, 2013 → 2023: 2,329 → 2,008. 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.