Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Akwesasne draws 2,027 commuters a day, with 2.1 jobs for every working resident
Akwesasne has 2,862 jobs for 1,364 working residents. More than half work in Akwesasne itself; outside it, Massena draws the most (8%, 8 miles). At home: 8% of workers have no commute at all (New York 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Akwesasne, in a few figures
Akwesasne is where the jobs are
Akwesasne has 2,862 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Akwesasne are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Akwesasne is services
93% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Who commutes out of Akwesasne, and who commutes in
On a workday 529 residents head out to work and 835 work right here.
About 5,600 people are in Akwesasne on a workday afternoon, 37% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 23 minutes to work from Akwesasne
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Akwesasne workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,022 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Services make up most of the work in Akwesasne
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Akwesasne, 2014 → 2024: 2,927 → 2,862. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Akwesasne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Akwesasne’s workforce comes from
Where Akwesasne clocks in
8% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Akwesasne’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
12% of Akwesasne works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Akwesasne workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akwesasne | – | — | — | 23 min | $51,868 |
| Massena | 8% | D | B+ | 19 min | $54,595 |
| Fort Covington | 4% | D | C+ | 18 min | $57,361 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Massena. Darker towns draw more of Akwesasne’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Akwesasne: questions
What is the median household income in Akwesasne?
$51,868 (±$9,889) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Akwesasne?
32.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Akwesasne?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Akwesasne work?
61% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Massena (8%, 8 mi), Malone (4%, 23 mi), Fort Covington (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Akwesasne without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Akwesasne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Akwesasne
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.