With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Au Sable Forks works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Au Sable Forks; the top destination outside it is Plattsburgh (23%, 20 miles). There are 66 jobs in Au Sable Forks; 221 of its residents have a job. 1% of workers work from home; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Au Sable Forks, in brief
Au Sable Forks is a place people come home to
There are 66 jobs based in Au Sable Forks, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Au Sable Forks has about 210 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Au Sable Forks workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 221 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Au Sable Forks on a workday afternoon
On a workday 217 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Au Sable Forks on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer 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 29 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Au Sable Forks workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 158 commuters (the 1% 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.
The places Au Sable Forks commutes to
Where Au Sable Forks clocks in
23% of workers
23% of workers
6% 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.
Au Sable Forks works in goods: 32% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Au Sable Forks, 2014 → 2024: 59 → 66. 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 Au Sable Forks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Au Sable Forks
About 15% 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.
Au Sable Forks and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Au Sable Forks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Au Sable Forks | – | — | — | 29 min | $52,656 |
| Jay | under 3% | B− | C− | 28 min | $72,380 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Au Sable Forks’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 Au Sable Forks: questions
What is the median household income in Au Sable Forks?
$52,656 (±$11,827) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Au Sable Forks?
13.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Au Sable Forks?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Au Sable Forks work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plattsburgh (23%, 20 mi), Plattsburgh (23%, 18 mi), Dannemora (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Au Sable Forks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Au Sable Forks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Au Sable Forks
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.