Work & commute · Oswegatchie

Work & commute in Oswegatchie, NY

Most working residents leave Oswegatchie for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Ogdensburg (26%), Canton (13%) and Potsdam (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

179 of 1,419 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,240 Oswegatchie residents head out of town to work, 179 work right here, and 940 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oswegatchie.

1,240live here, work elsewhere

179live and work here

940work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oswegatchie goes to work

Ogdensburg6.2 mi away

26%364

Canton14.3 mi away

13%179

Oswegatchie (in town)right here

13%179

Potsdam22.9 mi away

6%79

De Kalb12.3 mi away

3%46

Morristown9.3 mi away

2%34

Lisbon10.2 mi away

2%28

Massena39.5 mi away

2%25

Syracuse114.5 mi away

2%23

Albany159.9 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%440

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

How far

How far Oswegatchie commutes

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

43%

23%

26%

43%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oswegatchie is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oswegatchie are

1,119 jobs are based in Oswegatchie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oswegatchie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oswegatchie

1,119 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Oswegatchie residents hold

1,419 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−20%

Jobs based in Oswegatchie, 2013 → 2023: 1,394 → 1,119. 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.