Work & commute · Chateaugay

Work & commute in Chateaugay, NY

Most working residents leave Chateaugay for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Malone (32%), Chateaugay (9%) and Plattsburgh (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 280 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 261 Chateaugay residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 364 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chateaugay.

261live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

364work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chateaugay goes to work

Malone14.5 mi away

32%90

Chateaugay0.3 mi away

9%25

Plattsburgh34.5 mi away

5%15

Burke5 mi away

5%13

Plattsburgh32 mi away

3%7

Massena37 mi away

3%7

Tupper Lake50.9 mi away

2%6

North Elba49.8 mi away

2%6

Syracuse165.8 mi away

2%5

Akwesasne28.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%101

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

How far

How far Chateaugay commutes

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

16%

37%

20%

27%

16%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chateaugay is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chateaugay are

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

Jobs based in Chateaugay

383 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Chateaugay residents hold

280 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+51%

Jobs based in Chateaugay, 2013 → 2023: 254 → 383. 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.