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Work & commute · Fowler

Work & commute in Fowler, NY

Most working residents leave Fowler for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Canton (14%), Gouverneur (13%) and Potsdam (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
68 of 717 working residents
Typical commute
25 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 649 Fowler residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 620 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fowler.

649live here, work elsewhere
68live and work here
620work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fowler goes to work

OgdensburgSyracuseAntwerpHermonHammondDe KalbDe PeysterCroghanGouverneurMorristownPitcairnPotsdamRossieRussellCantonEdwardsFowlerDianaCantonGouverneurPotsdamRussellOgdensburgDe KalbCroghanDianaSyracuseFowler
1
Canton22.7 mi away
14%99
2
Gouverneur7 mi away
13%94
3
Fowler (in town)right here
9%68
4
Potsdam33.3 mi away
7%50
5
Russell15.6 mi away
5%34
6
Ogdensburg30.6 mi away
3%20
7
De Kalb14 mi away
3%20
8
Croghan21.6 mi away
3%20
9
Diana11.7 mi away
2%12
10
Syracuse93 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%290

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

How far

How far Fowler commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
29%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fowler is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fowler are

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

Jobs based in Fowler

688 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Fowler residents hold

717 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month62%
+17%

Jobs based in Fowler, 2013 → 2023: 589 → 688. 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.

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