Work & commute · Lake Pleasant

Work & commute in Lake Pleasant, NY

About one in 3 of Lake Pleasant’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Arietta (9%), Wells (9%) and Albany (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

114 of 289 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 175 Lake Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 114 work right here, and 236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Pleasant.

175live here, work elsewhere

114live and work here

236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Pleasant goes to work

Lake Pleasant (in town)right here

39%114

Arietta8.1 mi away

9%27

Wells10 mi away

9%26

Albany70.5 mi away

2%7

Burlington, VT86.3 mi away

2%5

Glens Falls43.2 mi away

1%4

Syracuse94.1 mi away

1%4

North Elba47.3 mi away

1%4

Colonie66.2 mi away

1%4

Hope20 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%90

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

How far

How far Lake Pleasant commutes

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

51%

10%

34%

51%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Pleasant is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Pleasant are

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

Jobs based in Lake Pleasant

350 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lake Pleasant residents hold

289 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−22%

Jobs based in Lake Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 449 → 350. 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.