Work & commute · Harrietstown

Work & commute in Harrietstown, NY

About one in 3 of Harrietstown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are North Elba (22%), Malone (4%) and Brighton (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

730 of 2,217 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,487 Harrietstown residents head out of town to work, 730 work right here, and 1,640 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrietstown.

1,487live here, work elsewhere

730live and work here

1,640work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrietstown goes to work

Harrietstown (in town)right here

33%730

North Elba8 mi away

22%495

Malone38.5 mi away

4%93

Brighton17.5 mi away

3%70

Tupper Lake13 mi away

3%69

Albany109.2 mi away

2%43

Plattsburgh49.3 mi away

2%38

Potsdam51.4 mi away

1%32

St. Armand14.7 mi away

1%31

Plattsburgh47.2 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%590

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

How far

How far Harrietstown commutes

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

55%

10%

13%

22%

55%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrietstown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrietstown are

2,370 jobs are based in Harrietstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harrietstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Harrietstown

2,370 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Harrietstown residents hold

2,217 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−1%

Jobs based in Harrietstown, 2013 → 2023: 2,388 → 2,370. 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.