Work & commute · West Carthage

Work & commute in West Carthage, NY

Most working residents leave West Carthage for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (17%), Champion (12%) and Wilna (11%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 550 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 500 West Carthage residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 663 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Carthage.

500live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

663work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Carthage goes to work

Watertown14.3 mi away

17%92

Champion4.2 mi away

12%65

Wilna5.9 mi away

11%62

Le Ray11.3 mi away

6%34

Watertown15.1 mi away

6%32

Pamelia15.4 mi away

3%18

Syracuse69.5 mi away

3%17

Lowville12.2 mi away

3%16

Rutland8.5 mi away

2%10

Philadelphia12.4 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%194

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

How far

How far West Carthage commutes

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

31%

38%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Carthage is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Carthage are

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

Jobs based in West Carthage

713 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs West Carthage residents hold

550 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+71%

Jobs based in West Carthage, 2013 → 2023: 418 → 713. 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.