Work & commute · Fine

Work & commute in Fine, NY

About one in 4 of Fine’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Canton (6%), Clifton (5%) and Potsdam (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

99 of 377 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 278 Fine residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fine.

278live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

177work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fine goes to work

Fine (in town)right here

26%99

Canton29.8 mi away

6%24

Clifton10.2 mi away

5%17

Potsdam36.2 mi away

4%16

Tupper Lake31 mi away

4%15

Gouverneur24.6 mi away

3%12

Syracuse93.5 mi away

3%11

Fowler18.1 mi away

3%11

Watertown43 mi away

3%10

Champion33.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%154

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

How far

How far Fine commutes

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

30%

11%

31%

28%

30%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fine is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fine are

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

Jobs based in Fine

276 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Fine residents hold

377 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+194%

Jobs based in Fine, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 276. 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.