Work & commute · Plattsburgh

Work & commute in Plattsburgh, NY

About one in 3 of Plattsburgh’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Plattsburgh (23%), Albany (2%) and Malone (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

2,734 of 7,495 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 4,761 Plattsburgh residents head out of town to work, 2,734 work right here, and 8,228 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plattsburgh.

4,761live here, work elsewhere

2,734live and work here

8,228work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plattsburgh goes to work

Plattsburgh (in town)right here

36%2,734

Plattsburgh2.9 mi away

23%1,704

Albany141 mi away

2%138

Malone40.8 mi away

2%130

Beekmantown7 mi away

2%122

Champlain19 mi away

2%114

Peru9.3 mi away

2%113

New York279.5 mi away

1%94

North Elba44.3 mi away

1%84

Colonie135.8 mi away

1%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%2,178

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

How far

How far Plattsburgh commutes

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

63%

23%

63%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plattsburgh is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plattsburgh are

10,962 jobs are based in Plattsburgh. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plattsburgh’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plattsburgh

10,962 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Plattsburgh residents hold

7,495 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−11%

Jobs based in Plattsburgh, 2013 → 2023: 12,255 → 10,962. 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.