Work & commute · Champlain

Work & commute in Champlain, NY

Most working residents leave Champlain for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Champlain (26%), Plattsburgh (14%) and Plattsburgh (12%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 517 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 480 Champlain residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Champlain.

480live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Champlain goes to work

Champlain1.5 mi away

26%132

Plattsburgh20.5 mi away

14%74

Plattsburgh20.9 mi away

12%62

Chazy9.2 mi away

7%35

Beekmantown14.2 mi away

2%12

Albany161.5 mi away

2%10

St. Albans, VT21 mi away

2%8

Burlington, VT35.5 mi away

1%6

South Burlington, VT40.1 mi away

1%6

Queensbury112.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%166

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.

31%

37%

23%

31%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Champlain is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Champlain are

427 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

427 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities69%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Champlain residents hold

517 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+23%

Jobs based in Champlain, 2013 → 2023: 346 → 427. 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.