Work & commute · Lyme

Work & commute in Lyme, NY

Most working residents leave Lyme for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (25%), Watertown (7%) and Clayton (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

117 of 751 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 634 Lyme residents head out of town to work, 117 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyme.

634live here, work elsewhere

117live and work here

153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lyme goes to work

Watertown15.2 mi away

25%190

Lyme (in town)right here

16%117

Watertown15.7 mi away

7%56

Clayton13.8 mi away

4%30

Pamelia14.9 mi away

2%18

Brownville6.1 mi away

2%18

Syracuse68.2 mi away

2%15

Cape Vincent7.2 mi away

2%15

Albany153.2 mi away

2%14

Hounsfield9.6 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%264

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

How far

How far Lyme commutes

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

21%

46%

29%

21%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lyme is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyme are

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

Jobs based in Lyme

270 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Lyme residents hold

751 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−1%

Jobs based in Lyme, 2013 → 2023: 274 → 270. 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.