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Work & commute in Lewis, NY

Most working residents leave Lewis for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Elizabethtown (21%), Essex (7%) and Plattsburgh (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
18 of 508 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 490 Lewis residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewis.

490live here, work elsewhere
18live and work here
55work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lewis goes to work

MechanicvilleNewburghCohoesPlattsburghEssexJayKeenePlattsburghNorth ElbaSchuyler FallsMoriahWillsboroChesterfieldWestportElizabethtownLewisElizabethtownEssexPlattsburghPlattsburghWillsboroKeeneNorth ElbaMoriahWestportLewis
1
Elizabethtown9.4 mi away
21%106
2
Essex9.3 mi away
7%34
3
Plattsburgh26 mi away
6%30
4
Plattsburgh26.5 mi away
6%28
5
Willsboro10.2 mi away
5%25
6
Keene20.2 mi away
4%21
7
North Elba24.3 mi away
4%20
8
Moriah18.1 mi away
4%18
9
Westport11.5 mi away
4%18
10
Lewis (in town)right here
4%18
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%190

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

How far

How far Lewis commutes

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

32%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lewis is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewis are

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

Jobs based in Lewis

73 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)44%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Lewis residents hold

508 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)72%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month61%
−12%

Jobs based in Lewis, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 73. 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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