Work & commute · Essex

Work & commute in Essex, NY

Most working residents leave Essex for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Elizabethtown (19%), Willsboro (6%) and Plattsburgh (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 227 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 210 Essex residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Essex.

210live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

99work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Essex goes to work

Elizabethtown14.5 mi away

19%44

Essex (in town)right here

7%17

Willsboro6.4 mi away

6%14

Plattsburgh27.7 mi away

6%13

Plattsburgh28.2 mi away

6%13

Keene26.9 mi away

5%11

Moriah17.2 mi away

4%10

Lewis9.3 mi away

4%8

North Elba32.8 mi away

3%6

Glens Falls69 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%87

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

How far

How far Essex commutes

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

23%

29%

23%

25%

23%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Essex is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Essex are

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

Jobs based in Essex

116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Essex residents hold

227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−16%

Jobs based in Essex, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 116. 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.