Work & commute · Tupper Lake

Work & commute in Tupper Lake, NY

40% of Tupper Lake’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Harrietstown (9%), North Elba (5%) and Malone (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

755 of 1,865 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,110 Tupper Lake residents head out of town to work, 755 work right here, and 1,104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tupper Lake.

1,110live here, work elsewhere

755live and work here

1,104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tupper Lake goes to work

Tupper Lake (in town)right here

40%755

Harrietstown13 mi away

9%176

North Elba21 mi away

5%98

Malone37.7 mi away

3%64

Plattsburgh58.6 mi away

2%35

Potsdam40.7 mi away

2%33

Albany114.1 mi away

2%31

Brighton19 mi away

1%23

New York248.9 mi away

1%21

Canton43.3 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%610

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

How far

How far Tupper Lake commutes

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

41%

16%

12%

31%

41%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tupper Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tupper Lake are

1,859 jobs are based in Tupper Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tupper Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tupper Lake

1,859 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Tupper Lake residents hold

1,865 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−28%

Jobs based in Tupper Lake, 2013 → 2023: 2,583 → 1,859. 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.