Work & commute · Pitcairn

Work & commute in Pitcairn, NY

Most working residents leave Pitcairn for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Gouverneur (14%), Canton (10%) and Potsdam (8%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 263 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 261 Pitcairn residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pitcairn.

261live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pitcairn goes to work

Gouverneur14.3 mi away

14%37

Canton24.5 mi away

10%26

Potsdam33.6 mi away

8%21

Russell14 mi away

7%19

Fowler7.6 mi away

5%14

Ogdensburg35.4 mi away

4%10

Watertown36.1 mi away

3%8

Syracuse92.5 mi away

3%8

Alexandria30.9 mi away

2%6

De Kalb18.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%109

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

How far

How far Pitcairn commutes

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

30%

35%

27%

9%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pitcairn is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pitcairn are

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

Jobs based in Pitcairn

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Pitcairn residents hold

263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+51%

Jobs based in Pitcairn, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 68. 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.