Work & commute · Jewett

Work & commute in Jewett, NY

Most working residents leave Jewett for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Hunter (10%) and Windham (10%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 294 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 282 Jewett residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jewett.

282live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jewett goes to work

New York109.9 mi away

14%42

Hunter6.4 mi away

10%30

Windham5.6 mi away

10%29

Jewett (in town)right here

4%12

Middletown21 mi away

4%12

Albany36.9 mi away

3%10

Colonie41.5 mi away

3%10

Lexington7.3 mi away

3%8

Catskill15.1 mi away

2%7

Shandaken13.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%127

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

How far

How far Jewett commutes

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

27%

18%

21%

34%

27%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jewett is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jewett are

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

Jobs based in Jewett

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Jewett residents hold

294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−5%

Jobs based in Jewett, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 75. 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.