Work & commute · Gouverneur

Work & commute in Gouverneur, NY

About one in 4 of Gouverneur’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Gouverneur (32%), Canton (7%) and Fowler (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

231 of 980 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 749 Gouverneur residents head out of town to work, 231 work right here, and 1,174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gouverneur.

749live here, work elsewhere

231live and work here

1,174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gouverneur goes to work

Gouverneur1.7 mi away

32%310

Canton20.7 mi away

7%66

Fowler5.2 mi away

6%56

Potsdam31.9 mi away

4%38

Ogdensburg26.3 mi away

2%23

De Kalb10.8 mi away

2%23

Albany142.5 mi away

2%21

Philadelphia17.9 mi away

2%19

Alexandria20.4 mi away

2%18

Syracuse95.7 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%389

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

How far

How far Gouverneur commutes

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

39%

19%

15%

27%

39%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gouverneur is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gouverneur are

1,405 jobs are based in Gouverneur. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gouverneur’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gouverneur

1,405 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Gouverneur residents hold

980 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−8%

Jobs based in Gouverneur, 2013 → 2023: 1,535 → 1,405. 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.