Work & commute · Inlet

Work & commute in Inlet, NY

About one in 3 of Inlet’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Long Lake (10%), Webb (8%) and Indian Lake (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

35 of 119 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 84 Inlet residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Inlet.

84live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Inlet goes to work

Inlet (in town)right here

29%35

Long Lake17.3 mi away

10%12

Webb17.6 mi away

8%9

Indian Lake18.4 mi away

4%5

Canton63.8 mi away

4%5

Queensbury57.6 mi away

3%3

North Elba47.2 mi away

3%3

Albany86.4 mi away

2%2

Tupper Lake38.1 mi away

2%2

Plattsburgh89.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%41

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

How far

How far Inlet commutes

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

39%

11%

41%

39%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Inlet is a job hub

1.87jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Inlet are

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

Jobs based in Inlet

223 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Inlet residents hold

119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+159%

Jobs based in Inlet, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 223. 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.