Work & commute · Lowville

Work & commute in Lowville, NY

About one in 5 of Lowville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lowville (35%), Watertown (7%) and Watertown (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

243 of 1,094 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 851 Lowville residents head out of town to work, 243 work right here, and 1,616 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lowville.

851live here, work elsewhere

243live and work here

1,616work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lowville goes to work

Lowville2.4 mi away

35%388

Watertown24.7 mi away

7%78

Watertown23.7 mi away

3%32

Wilna19.2 mi away

3%30

Denmark10.6 mi away

2%27

Turin9.2 mi away

2%25

Syracuse61.1 mi away

2%23

Albany115 mi away

2%22

DeWitt58.5 mi away

2%18

Le Ray25.3 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%434

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

How far

How far Lowville commutes

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

41%

20%

14%

24%

41%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lowville is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lowville are

1,859 jobs are based in Lowville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lowville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lowville

1,859 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Lowville residents hold

1,094 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−35%

Jobs based in Lowville, 2013 → 2023: 2,843 → 1,859. 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.