Work & commute · Moriah

Work & commute in Moriah, NY

About one in 5 of Moriah’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ticonderoga (13%), Elizabethtown (9%) and Middlebury (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

391 of 1,804 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,413 Moriah residents head out of town to work, 391 work right here, and 678 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moriah.

1,413live here, work elsewhere

391live and work here

678work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moriah goes to work

Moriah (in town)right here

22%391

Ticonderoga15.6 mi away

13%226

Elizabethtown11.2 mi away

9%155

Middlebury, VT20.2 mi away

4%80

Vergennes, VT15 mi away

4%79

Westport9.3 mi away

3%50

Plattsburgh43.7 mi away

2%36

Keene18.7 mi away

2%36

Albany97.4 mi away

2%33

Ferrisburgh, VT15.4 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%690

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

How far

How far Moriah commutes

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

27%

35%

15%

23%

27%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moriah is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moriah are

1,069 jobs are based in Moriah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moriah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moriah

1,069 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Moriah residents hold

1,804 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−20%

Jobs based in Moriah, 2013 → 2023: 1,344 → 1,069. 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.