Work & commute · Fort Covington

Work & commute in Fort Covington, NY

Most working residents leave Fort Covington for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Malone (28%), Akwesasne (13%) and Massena (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

81 of 546 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 465 Fort Covington residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 401 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Covington.

465live here, work elsewhere

81live and work here

401work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Covington goes to work

Malone15.9 mi away

28%152

Fort Covington (in town)right here

15%81

Akwesasne8.7 mi away

13%69

Massena16.9 mi away

4%24

Plattsburgh50.9 mi away

3%14

Potsdam32.5 mi away

3%14

Plattsburgh53.6 mi away

2%12

Bombay5.4 mi away

2%10

North Elba55.8 mi away

2%9

Chateaugay20.3 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%152

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

How far

How far Fort Covington commutes

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

33%

35%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Covington is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Covington are

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

Jobs based in Fort Covington

482 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Fort Covington residents hold

546 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+2%

Jobs based in Fort Covington, 2013 → 2023: 471 → 482. 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.