Work & commute · North Elba

Work & commute in North Elba, NY

51% of North Elba’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Harrietstown (13%), Albany (2%) and Malone (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

1,649 of 3,262 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,613 North Elba residents head out of town to work, 1,649 work right here, and 3,635 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Elba.

1,613live here, work elsewhere

1,649live and work here

3,635work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Elba goes to work

North Elba (in town)right here

51%1,649

Harrietstown8 mi away

13%421

Albany107.2 mi away

2%66

Malone40.8 mi away

2%56

Plattsburgh44.3 mi away

2%55

Tupper Lake21 mi away

1%37

Wilmington13.8 mi away

1%37

Elizabethtown19.6 mi away

1%32

St. Armand11.8 mi away

1%30

Queensbury60.8 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%851

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

How far

How far North Elba commutes

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

62%

22%

62%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Elba is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Elba are

5,284 jobs are based in North Elba. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Elba’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Elba

5,284 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs North Elba residents hold

3,262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+13%

Jobs based in North Elba, 2013 → 2023: 4,680 → 5,284. 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.