Work & commute · Westville

Work & commute in Westville, NY

Most working residents leave Westville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Malone (31%), Fort Covington (11%) and Akwesasne (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 624 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 618 Westville residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westville.

618live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westville goes to work

Malone12.6 mi away

31%193

Fort Covington5.2 mi away

11%71

Akwesasne13.9 mi away

8%49

Massena22.1 mi away

5%30

Plattsburgh45.8 mi away

4%25

Albany159.9 mi away

3%16

Bombay10 mi away

3%16

Tupper Lake48.3 mi away

2%12

Potsdam36.5 mi away

2%11

Plattsburgh48.5 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%192

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

How far

How far Westville commutes

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

42%

18%

17%

22%

42%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westville is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westville are

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

Jobs based in Westville

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Westville residents hold

624 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−56%

Jobs based in Westville, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 41. 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.