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Work & commute · Dresden

Work & commute in Dresden, NY

Most working residents leave Dresden for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ticonderoga (17%), Whitehall (8%) and Glens Falls (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
6 of 218 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
1%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 212 Dresden residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dresden.

212live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
15work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Dresden goes to work

Glens FallsWhitehallNew YorkRutlandPutnamWhitehallFort AnnQueensburyHagueFort EdwardDresdenBoltonJacksonColonieMoriahTiconderogaBensonRutlandWest HavenTiconderogaWhitehallGlens FallsFort EdwardRutlandColonieRutlandMoriahNew YorkDresden
1
Ticonderoga17.4 mi away
17%38
2
Whitehall5.5 mi away
8%17
3
Glens Falls21.3 mi away
6%13
4
Fort Edward25.4 mi away
5%11
5
Rutland, VT26 mi away
4%9
6
Colonie61 mi away
4%8
7
Rutland, VT24.5 mi away
3%7
8
Moriah32.5 mi away
3%7
9
New York203.8 mi away
3%6
10
Dresden (in town)right here
3%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%96

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

How far

How far Dresden commutes

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

11%Under 10 mi
44%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
30%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Dresden is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dresden are

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

Jobs based in Dresden

21 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)86%
$1,250 a month or less33%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Dresden residents hold

218 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month62%
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.

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