Work & commute · Piercefield

Work & commute in Piercefield, NY

Most working residents leave Piercefield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Potsdam (18%), Tupper Lake (15%) and Canton (9%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 88 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 83 Piercefield residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Piercefield.

83live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Piercefield goes to work

Potsdam37.7 mi away

18%16

Tupper Lake6.9 mi away

15%13

Canton38.6 mi away

9%8

Piercefield (in town)right here

6%5

Harrietstown19.7 mi away

5%4

Massena52.3 mi away

5%4

Waverly21.1 mi away

3%3

Utica83.8 mi away

2%2

New York248.3 mi away

2%2

Lawrence36.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%29

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

How far

How far Piercefield commutes

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

16%

42%

34%

16%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Piercefield is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Piercefield are

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

Jobs based in Piercefield

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Piercefield residents hold

88 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+38%

Jobs based in Piercefield, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 40. 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.