Work & commute · Copenhagen

Work & commute in Copenhagen, NY

Most working residents leave Copenhagen for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lowville (22%), Watertown (12%) and Syracuse (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 196 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 195 Copenhagen residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Copenhagen.

195live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Copenhagen goes to work

Lowville9.4 mi away

22%44

Watertown13 mi away

12%24

Syracuse63.4 mi away

5%9

Champion5.8 mi away

5%9

Wilna12 mi away

4%8

Watertown12.6 mi away

4%8

Denmark2.6 mi away

4%7

Pinckney7.1 mi away

3%6

New York240.2 mi away

2%4

Watson22.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%73

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

How far

How far Copenhagen commutes

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

24%

43%

28%

24%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Copenhagen is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Copenhagen are

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

Jobs based in Copenhagen

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Copenhagen residents hold

196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−59%

Jobs based in Copenhagen, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 62. 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.