Work & commute · Minerva

Work & commute in Minerva, NY

Most working residents leave Minerva for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Newcomb (15%), Johnsburg (9%) and Chester (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 285 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 260 Minerva residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minerva.

260live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minerva goes to work

Newcomb10.5 mi away

15%44

Johnsburg16.9 mi away

9%25

Minerva (in town)right here

9%25

Chester16.9 mi away

5%14

Elizabethtown32.9 mi away

5%14

Schroon17.8 mi away

5%13

Queensbury40.3 mi away

4%11

North Elba24.5 mi away

4%11

Glens Falls44.4 mi away

4%10

North Hudson21.5 mi away

3%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%109

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

How far

How far Minerva commutes

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

22%

29%

27%

22%

22%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minerva is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Minerva are

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

Jobs based in Minerva

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Minerva residents hold

285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+90%

Jobs based in Minerva, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 97. 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.