Work & commute · Morristown

Work & commute in Morristown, NY

Most working residents leave Morristown for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Ogdensburg (14%), Canton (11%) and Gouverneur (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

76 of 624 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 548 Morristown residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 218 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morristown.

548live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

218work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morristown goes to work

Ogdensburg14.9 mi away

14%86

Morristown (in town)right here

12%76

Canton20.8 mi away

11%66

Gouverneur14.5 mi away

5%34

Potsdam31.1 mi away

5%29

Oswegatchie9.3 mi away

4%23

Hammond8.4 mi away

3%16

Albany158.6 mi away

2%15

Fowler21.4 mi away

2%15

Watertown41.5 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%252

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

How far

How far Morristown commutes

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

18%

35%

19%

28%

18%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morristown is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morristown are

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

Jobs based in Morristown

294 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Morristown residents hold

624 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−3%

Jobs based in Morristown, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 294. 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.