Work & commute · Hounsfield

Work & commute in Hounsfield, NY

Most working residents leave Hounsfield for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (32%), Watertown (10%) and Philadelphia (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

133 of 1,173 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,040 Hounsfield residents head out of town to work, 133 work right here, and 819 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hounsfield.

1,040live here, work elsewhere

133live and work here

819work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hounsfield goes to work

Watertown20.3 mi away

32%376

Hounsfield (in town)right here

11%133

Watertown19.4 mi away

10%112

Philadelphia34 mi away

3%34

Brownville13.8 mi away

2%26

Le Ray28 mi away

2%24

Adams13.4 mi away

2%23

Pamelia22.2 mi away

2%20

DeWitt60.2 mi away

2%20

Syracuse60.5 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%386

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

How far

How far Hounsfield commutes

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

46%

24%

23%

46%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hounsfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hounsfield are

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

Jobs based in Hounsfield

952 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Hounsfield residents hold

1,173 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−23%

Jobs based in Hounsfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,239 → 952. 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.