Work & commute · Rensselaer Falls

Work & commute in Rensselaer Falls, NY

Most working residents leave Rensselaer Falls for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Canton (30%), Potsdam (11%) and Ogdensburg (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 106 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 106 Rensselaer Falls residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rensselaer Falls.

106live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rensselaer Falls goes to work

Canton5.5 mi away

30%32

Potsdam15.5 mi away

11%12

Ogdensburg11 mi away

8%8

Gouverneur18.3 mi away

4%4

Watertown51.7 mi away

3%3

Albany153.2 mi away

3%3

New York280.3 mi away

3%3

Lisbon7.3 mi away

3%3

Binghamton174.5 mi away

2%2

Syracuse114.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%34

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

How far

How far Rensselaer Falls commutes

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

36%

29%

32%

36%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rensselaer Falls is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rensselaer Falls are

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

Jobs based in Rensselaer Falls

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Rensselaer Falls residents hold

106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+22%

Jobs based in Rensselaer Falls, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 44. 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.