Work & commute · Lorraine

Work & commute in Lorraine, NY

Most working residents leave Lorraine for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (25%), Watertown (13%) and Adams (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 307 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 298 Lorraine residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lorraine.

298live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lorraine goes to work

Watertown16 mi away

25%76

Watertown13.2 mi away

13%40

Adams7.7 mi away

9%28

Ellisburg6.7 mi away

9%28

Lorraine (in town)right here

3%9

Richland16.5 mi away

3%8

Syracuse49.4 mi away

2%6

New York237.3 mi away

2%6

Hounsfield19.9 mi away

2%6

Oswego33 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%95

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

How far

How far Lorraine commutes

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

22%

50%

11%

17%

22%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lorraine is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lorraine are

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

Jobs based in Lorraine

139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Lorraine residents hold

307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+532%

Jobs based in Lorraine, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 139. 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.