Photo: Alan Prusila · CC BY 2.5Au Sable has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole. Employers in Au Sable report 646 jobs, and 1,270 of its residents work somewhere. Au Sable grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Au Sable
Commutes from Au Sable are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Au Sable workers work from home
Only 3% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Au Sable’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Au Sable is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #537 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Au Sable’s grade up ($95,069, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Au Sable could be anywhere from D to A−.
About 26 minutes to work from Au Sable
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Au Sable workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,212 commuters (the 3% 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.
How a workday changes Au Sable
On a workday 1,144 residents head out to work, 126 work right here, and 520 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Au Sable on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 2023, primary jobs.
22% of working residents work in Plattsburgh
Where Au Sable clocks in
22% of workers
19% 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.
The kinds of work in Au Sable
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Au Sable, 2013 → 2023: 574 → 646. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Au Sable’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Au Sable
About 19% 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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Au Sable commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Au Sable is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #671 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,255 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.4% of Au Sable households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Au Sable’s commuters take a bus or train.
Au Sable is 2,959th of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,957 | Ebensburg PA | 3,228 | $58K | 9.5% | 5.3% | 12% | C |
| 2,958 | Prospect Township KS | 2,548 | $59K | 10.5% | 2.2% | 2% | C |
| 2,959 | Au Sable NY | 3,124 | $95K | 12.0% | 5.4% | 10% | C |
| 2,960 | Hamilton City CA | 2,267 | $66K | 7.6% | 5.7% | 2% | C |
| 2,961 | New Haven MO | 2,397 | $71K | 10.1% | 4.7% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Au Sable, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Au Sable
The biggest share goes to Peru (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Au Sable workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Au Sable | – | C | C− | 26 min | $95,069 |
| Chesterfield | 3% | D | C− | 21 min | $65,278 |
| Peru | 4% | B+ | B | 21 min | $101,771 |
| Jay | under 2% | B− | C− | 28 min | $72,380 |
| Black Brook | under 2% | C | D | 32 min | $67,852 |
| Keeseville | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Keeseville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Au Sable’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 2023, 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: questions
What is the median household income in Au Sable?
$95,069 (±$35,734) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Au Sable?
12.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Au Sable?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Au Sable work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plattsburgh (22%, 14 mi), Plattsburgh (19%, 13 mi), Peru (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Au Sable walkable?
Au Sable is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Au Sable without a car?
1% 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Au Sable
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.