Work & commute · Lake Luzerne

Work & commute in Lake Luzerne, NY

Most working residents leave Lake Luzerne for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Queensbury (14%), Saratoga Springs (9%) and Glens Falls (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

140 of 1,253 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,113 Lake Luzerne residents head out of town to work, 140 work right here, and 394 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Luzerne.

1,113live here, work elsewhere

140live and work here

394work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Luzerne goes to work

Queensbury7.5 mi away

14%176

Lake Luzerne (in town)right here

11%140

Saratoga Springs16.9 mi away

9%116

Glens Falls7.8 mi away

8%106

Wilton11.6 mi away

7%85

Corinth8.3 mi away

4%46

Colonie39.4 mi away

4%44

New York183.1 mi away

3%40

Albany44.6 mi away

3%39

Lake George9.4 mi away

3%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%427

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

How far

How far Lake Luzerne commutes

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

37%

30%

16%

17%

37%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Luzerne is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Luzerne are

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

Jobs based in Lake Luzerne

534 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lake Luzerne residents hold

1,253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+13%

Jobs based in Lake Luzerne, 2013 → 2023: 473 → 534. 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.