Work & commute · Jay

Work & commute in Jay, NY

Most working residents leave Jay for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are North Elba (17%), Au Sable (8%) and Plattsburgh (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

115 of 1,001 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 886 Jay residents head out of town to work, 115 work right here, and 510 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jay.

886live here, work elsewhere

115live and work here

510work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jay goes to work

North Elba20.9 mi away

17%174

Jay (in town)right here

11%115

Au Sable11.8 mi away

8%79

Plattsburgh24.7 mi away

7%70

Plattsburgh23.5 mi away

7%70

Elizabethtown13.1 mi away

6%63

Keene19.9 mi away

3%27

Harrietstown27.5 mi away

2%22

Wilmington9.7 mi away

2%17

Colonie113.2 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%351

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

How far

How far Jay commutes

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

20%

46%

10%

24%

20%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jay is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Jay are

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

Jobs based in Jay

625 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Jay residents hold

1,001 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+187%

Jobs based in Jay, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 625. 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.