Work & commute · Speculator

Work & commute in Speculator, NY

Most working residents leave Speculator for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Pleasant (40%), Arietta (11%) and Wells (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

24 of 149 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 125 Speculator residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Speculator.

125live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Speculator goes to work

Lake Pleasant3.4 mi away

40%60

Arietta11.4 mi away

11%16

Wells7.8 mi away

9%14

Albany68.9 mi away

3%4

North Elba46.2 mi away

3%4

Barre, VT101.6 mi away

2%3

Glens Falls40.1 mi away

1%2

Geneva141.1 mi away

1%2

Burlington, VT84.2 mi away

1%2

Queensbury37.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%40

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

How far

How far Speculator commutes

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

52%

11%

34%

52%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Speculator is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Speculator are

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

Jobs based in Speculator

162 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Speculator residents hold

149 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−40%

Jobs based in Speculator, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 162. 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.