Work & commute · Tupper Lake

Work & commute in Tupper Lake, NY

About one in 3 of Tupper Lake’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tupper Lake (40%), Harrietstown (10%) and North Elba (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

357 of 1,191 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 834 Tupper Lake residents head out of town to work, 357 work right here, and 1,234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tupper Lake.

834live here, work elsewhere

357live and work here

1,234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tupper Lake goes to work

Tupper Lake1 mi away

40%478

Harrietstown12.7 mi away

10%115

North Elba20.7 mi away

5%57

Malone38.6 mi away

4%46

Plattsburgh58.9 mi away

2%24

Potsdam41.6 mi away

2%21

Albany113.1 mi away

1%16

New York247.9 mi away

1%15

Brighton19.7 mi away

1%15

Plattsburgh56.5 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%391

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%

11%

32%

41%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tupper Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tupper Lake are

1,591 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

1,591 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Tupper Lake residents hold

1,191 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+53%

Jobs based in Tupper Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1,037 → 1,591. 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.