Work & commute · Ellenburg

Work & commute in Ellenburg, NY

Most working residents leave Ellenburg for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Plattsburgh (19%), Plattsburgh (16%) and Dannemora (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 576 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 545 Ellenburg residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 481 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellenburg.

545live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

481work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellenburg goes to work

Plattsburgh17.9 mi away

19%110

Plattsburgh20.6 mi away

16%90

Dannemora3.2 mi away

8%46

Malone21.5 mi away

6%33

Ellenburg (in town)right here

5%31

Champlain23 mi away

3%19

Albany147.8 mi away

2%12

Peru20.8 mi away

2%10

Colonie142.6 mi away

2%10

Potsdam58.7 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%206

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

How far

How far Ellenburg commutes

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

10%

42%

20%

28%

10%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellenburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellenburg are

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

Jobs based in Ellenburg

512 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Ellenburg residents hold

576 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+13%

Jobs based in Ellenburg, 2013 → 2023: 453 → 512. 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.