Work & commute · Edwards

Work & commute in Edwards, NY

Most working residents leave Edwards for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Gouverneur (19%), Canton (11%) and Fowler (9%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 338 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 336 Edwards residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edwards.

336live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edwards goes to work

Gouverneur11.3 mi away

19%65

Canton20.2 mi away

11%37

Fowler6.1 mi away

9%30

Potsdam29.7 mi away

6%19

Russell10.6 mi away

4%14

Fine13.5 mi away

3%9

Albany134.4 mi away

2%8

Diana13.2 mi away

2%7

Croghan22.4 mi away

2%6

Wilna22.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%138

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

How far

How far Edwards commutes

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

20%

34%

21%

25%

20%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edwards is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edwards are

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

Jobs based in Edwards

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Edwards residents hold

338 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+30%

Jobs based in Edwards, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 61. 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.