Work & commute · Sackets Harbor

Work & commute in Sackets Harbor, NY

Most working residents leave Sackets Harbor for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (33%), Hounsfield (14%) and Watertown (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 493 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 451 Sackets Harbor residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sackets Harbor.

451live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

309work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sackets Harbor goes to work

Watertown10.4 mi away

33%161

Hounsfield9.9 mi away

14%68

Watertown9.7 mi away

8%41

Philadelphia24.7 mi away

3%15

Adams7.1 mi away

2%9

Brownville6.3 mi away

2%9

Le Ray18.5 mi away

2%9

Albany145.8 mi away

2%8

New York252.1 mi away

2%8

Clayton18.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%157

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

How far

How far Sackets Harbor commutes

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

36%

34%

22%

36%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sackets Harbor is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sackets Harbor are

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

Jobs based in Sackets Harbor

351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Sackets Harbor residents hold

493 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−21%

Jobs based in Sackets Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 445 → 351. 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.