Work & commute · Saranac

Work & commute in Saranac, NY

Most working residents leave Saranac for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Plattsburgh (19%), Plattsburgh (19%) and North Elba (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 1,535 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,494 Saranac residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saranac.

1,494live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saranac goes to work

Plattsburgh14.7 mi away

19%297

Plattsburgh17.5 mi away

19%296

North Elba33.1 mi away

6%91

Dannemora7.4 mi away

4%68

Ellenburg10.5 mi away

4%55

Au Sable17.1 mi away

3%44

Saranac (in town)right here

3%41

Peru13.1 mi away

3%40

Albany137.4 mi away

2%30

Jay19.9 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%544

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

How far

How far Saranac commutes

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

12%

51%

14%

23%

12%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saranac is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saranac are

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

Jobs based in Saranac

143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Saranac residents hold

1,535 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−40%

Jobs based in Saranac, 2013 → 2023: 238 → 143. 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.