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Work & commute in Willsboro Point · A commuter town

98% of Willsboro Point’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Willsboro Point for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Willsboro (19%), Elizabethtown (12%) and Plattsburgh (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Work in town
2%
3 of 154 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
23 min
Less than NY (33 min)
Work from home
25%
More than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
21
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Willsboro Point?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

19% of working residents work in Willsboro

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Plattsburgh: 16 residents work here (10%)Albany: 3 residents work here (2%)South Burlington: 3 residents work here (2%)Crown PointEssexHarrietstownPlattsburgh: 16 residents work here (10%)North Elba: 4 residents work here (3%)Peru: 4 residents work here (3%)Moriah: 3 residents work here (2%)Willsboro: 30 residents work here (19%)ChesterfieldWestport: 8 residents work here (5%)Elizabethtown: 19 residents work here (12%)LewisDayWillsboro PointWillsboroElizabethtownPlattsburghPlattsburghWestportNorth ElbaWillsboro Point
1
Willsboro2.5 mi away
19%30
2
Elizabethtown20.6 mi away
12%19
3
Plattsburgh19.1 mi away
10%16
4
Plattsburgh19.9 mi away
10%16
5
Westport16.6 mi away
5%8
6
North Elba36 mi away
3%4
7
Peru14.2 mi away
3%4
8
Albany123 mi away
2%3
92%3
10
Moriah25.8 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%48
The top trips

Where Willsboro Point clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
179 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Willsboro Point23 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
25%

of Willsboro Point workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Next door

19% of Willsboro Point works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Willsboro (19%). Darker towns draw more of Willsboro Point’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Chesterfield21 min
Willsboro Point23 min
Willsboro24 min
Day and night

Willsboro Point quiets down on a workday

On a workday 151 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.

151live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
18work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night650
Workday510
650live here− 150head out to work+ 18come in to work= 510on a workday

About 510 people are in Willsboro Point on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.14jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Willsboro Point commutes less than 19 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWillsboro: 19% · 2.5 miElizabethtown: 12% · 20.6 miPlattsburgh: 10% · 19.1 miPlattsburgh: 10% · 19.9 miWestport: 5% · 16.6 miNorth Elba: 3% · 36 miPeru: 3% · 14.2 miAlbany: 2% · 123 miSouth Burlington: 2% · 10 miMoriah: 2% · 25.8 miWillsboro 19%Elizabethtown 12%Plattsburgh 10%Plattsburgh 10%Westport 5%Willsboro Point
Willsboro PointTop destinations (size = commuters)
24%Under 10 mi37 residents
45%10–24 mi70 residents
8%25–50 mi13 residents
22%Over 50 mi34 residents

About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Willsboro Point makes things: 67% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in Willsboro PointJobs Willsboro Point residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms67%16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%22%
Services: health, schools, offices33%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less5%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%26%
Over $3,333 a month62%55%

Who does it

29 or younger14%19%
30 to 5443%51%
55 and older43%30%
−36%

Jobs based in Willsboro Point, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 21. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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