Work & commute · Theresa

Work & commute in Theresa, NY

Most working residents leave Theresa for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (15%), Philadelphia (13%) and Alexandria (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 241 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 238 Theresa residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Theresa.

238live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Theresa goes to work

Watertown17.7 mi away

15%36

Philadelphia6.8 mi away

13%31

Alexandria8.3 mi away

10%23

Clayton14.1 mi away

4%9

Gouverneur18 mi away

4%9

Pamelia12.4 mi away

3%8

Theresa3.4 mi away

3%8

Le Ray9.5 mi away

3%7

Watertown20.5 mi away

3%7

Syracuse83 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%98

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

How far

How far Theresa commutes

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

23%

42%

27%

23%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Theresa is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Theresa are

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

Jobs based in Theresa

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Theresa residents hold

241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−19%

Jobs based in Theresa, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 56. 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.