Work & commute · Elizabethtown

Work & commute in Elizabethtown, NY

About one in 4 of Elizabethtown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Keene (10%), Westport (8%) and North Elba (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

106 of 444 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 338 Elizabethtown residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 1,312 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elizabethtown.

338live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

1,312work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elizabethtown goes to work

Elizabethtown (in town)right here

24%106

Keene12.5 mi away

10%46

Westport10.2 mi away

8%35

North Elba19.6 mi away

7%31

Moriah11.2 mi away

6%25

Plattsburgh35.9 mi away

4%16

Ticonderoga25 mi away

3%13

Plattsburgh35.2 mi away

2%11

Albany105.7 mi away

2%10

New York244.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%145

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

How far

How far Elizabethtown commutes

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

36%

24%

17%

23%

36%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elizabethtown is a job hub

3.19jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Elizabethtown are

1,418 jobs are based in Elizabethtown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elizabethtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elizabethtown

1,418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Elizabethtown residents hold

444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+6%

Jobs based in Elizabethtown, 2013 → 2023: 1,337 → 1,418. 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.