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Work & commute · Le Ray

Work & commute in Le Ray, NY

Most working residents leave Le Ray for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (20%), Watertown (6%) and Philadelphia (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
255 of 4,228 working residents
Typical commute
29 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
13 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,973 Le Ray residents head out of town to work, 255 work right here, and 1,717 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Le Ray.

3,973live here, work elsewhere
255live and work here
1,717work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Le Ray goes to work

Black RiverWatertownSyracuseAlbanyNew YorkChampionPameliaRutlandWilnaAdamsPhiladelphiaBrownvilleLe RayWatertownOrleansTheresaDeWittWatertownWatertownPhiladelphiaSyracuseNew YorkAlbanyPameliaDeWittChampionLe Ray
1
Watertown9.2 mi away
20%841
2
Le Ray (in town)right here
6%255
3
Watertown11.8 mi away
6%234
4
Philadelphia6.3 mi away
4%181
5
Syracuse73.8 mi away
3%142
6
New York254.3 mi away
3%142
7
Albany140 mi away
3%122
8
Pamelia5.9 mi away
3%118
9
DeWitt72.1 mi away
2%86
10
Champion8.5 mi away
2%68
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%2,039

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

How far

How far Le Ray commutes

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

37%Under 10 mi
12%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
48%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Le Ray is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Le Ray are

1,972 jobs are based in Le Ray. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Le Ray’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Le Ray

1,972 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Le Ray residents hold

4,228 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+11%

Jobs based in Le Ray, 2013 → 2023: 1,784 → 1,972. 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.

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