Work & commute · Rouses Point

Work & commute in Rouses Point, NY

Most working residents leave Rouses Point for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Champlain (31%), Plattsburgh (13%) and Plattsburgh (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

106 of 934 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 828 Rouses Point residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rouses Point.

828live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

268work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rouses Point goes to work

Champlain4 mi away

31%286

Plattsburgh21.2 mi away

13%126

Plattsburgh22 mi away

11%103

Chazy10.4 mi away

4%40

St. Albans, VT16.4 mi away

2%18

St. Albans, VT18.5 mi away

2%17

Albany162.1 mi away

2%16

Beekmantown15.6 mi away

1%13

Swanton, VT13 mi away

1%13

Malone47.4 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%290

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

How far

How far Rouses Point commutes

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

34%

35%

24%

34%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rouses Point is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rouses Point are

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

Jobs based in Rouses Point

374 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Rouses Point residents hold

934 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−69%

Jobs based in Rouses Point, 2013 → 2023: 1,225 → 374. 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.