Work & commute · Chaumont

Work & commute in Chaumont, NY

Most working residents leave Chaumont for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (26%), Lyme (19%) and Watertown (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

31 of 180 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 149 Chaumont residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chaumont.

149live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chaumont goes to work

Watertown12.9 mi away

26%46

Lyme4.7 mi away

19%34

Watertown14.2 mi away

11%19

Brownville3.8 mi away

3%5

Syracuse71 mi away

2%3

Pamelia11.1 mi away

2%3

Cape Vincent8.3 mi away

2%3

Clayton9.8 mi away

2%3

Alexandria21.5 mi away

2%3

Philadelphia21.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%58

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

How far

How far Chaumont commutes

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

24%

47%

24%

24%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chaumont is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chaumont are

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

Jobs based in Chaumont

219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Chaumont residents hold

180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−11%

Jobs based in Chaumont, 2013 → 2023: 245 → 219. 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.