Work & commute · Chesterfield

Work & commute in Chesterfield, NY

Most working residents leave Chesterfield for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Plattsburgh (19%), Plattsburgh (13%) and Au Sable (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 956 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 870 Chesterfield residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chesterfield.

870live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chesterfield goes to work

Plattsburgh16.5 mi away

19%180

Plattsburgh16.8 mi away

13%120

Chesterfield (in town)right here

9%86

Au Sable5.4 mi away

8%81

North Elba34.1 mi away

4%36

Elizabethtown20.7 mi away

4%36

Moriah27.4 mi away

4%34

Peru10.5 mi away

3%27

Jay13.3 mi away

2%19

New York263.1 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%319

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

How far

How far Chesterfield commutes

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

22%

44%

13%

22%

22%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chesterfield is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.29 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chesterfield are

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

Jobs based in Chesterfield

282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Chesterfield residents hold

956 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−33%

Jobs based in Chesterfield, 2013 → 2023: 424 → 282. 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.