Work & commute · Waddington

Work & commute in Waddington, NY

Most working residents leave Waddington for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Potsdam (17%), Madrid (10%) and Canton (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 324 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 310 Waddington residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waddington.

310live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waddington goes to work

Potsdam15.2 mi away

17%54

Madrid7.1 mi away

10%34

Canton19.8 mi away

9%28

Massena19.1 mi away

9%28

Ogdensburg16.2 mi away

7%22

Waddington2.3 mi away

5%17

Malone45.3 mi away

3%10

De Kalb27.9 mi away

2%8

Akwesasne27 mi away

2%6

Albany167 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%112

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

How far

How far Waddington commutes

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

16%

49%

26%

16%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waddington is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waddington are

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

Jobs based in Waddington

152 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Waddington residents hold

324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+8%

Jobs based in Waddington, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 152. 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.