Work & commute · Waverly

Work & commute in Waverly, NY

Most working residents leave Waverly for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Malone (9%), North Elba (8%) and Harrietstown (8%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

33 of 331 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 298 Waverly residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waverly.

298live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waverly goes to work

Waverly (in town)right here

10%33

Malone21.4 mi away

9%30

North Elba33.1 mi away

8%27

Harrietstown27.1 mi away

8%26

Massena33.3 mi away

5%15

Potsdam25.9 mi away

4%14

Santa Clara9.2 mi away

4%13

Tupper Lake19.9 mi away

4%13

Brighton15.2 mi away

4%12

Plattsburgh54.7 mi away

3%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%137

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

How far

How far Waverly commutes

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

11%

26%

33%

30%

11%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waverly is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waverly are

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

Jobs based in Waverly

171 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Waverly residents hold

331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+35%

Jobs based in Waverly, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 171. 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.