Photo: Buell, A. B. -- Photographer · Public domainMaking a living in Chateaugay
Only 7% work in Chateaugay; the top destination outside it is Malone (32%, 14 miles). <1% of workers work from home (New York 15%). A typical one-way commute lasts 31 minutes (New York 33, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Chateaugay
One in three of Chateaugay works in Malone
90 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Malone, 15 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Chateaugay itself. The commute map ↓
Few Chateaugay workers work from home
Only 0% 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; with 280 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Chateaugay goes to work
Where Chateaugay clocks in
32% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Chateaugay
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chateaugay workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 278 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.
Who works in Chateaugay, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 261 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 364 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Chateaugay on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 29% of the jobs in Chateaugay
383 jobs are based in Chateaugay.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chateaugay, 2013 → 2023: 254 → 383. 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 Chateaugay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Chateaugay, by distance
About 27% 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.
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 Chateaugay: questions
What is the median household income in Chateaugay?
$79,643 (±$32,058) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chateaugay?
23.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chateaugay?
31 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 Chateaugay work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Malone (32%, 14 mi), Chateaugay (9%, 0 mi), Plattsburgh (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chateaugay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chateaugay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chateaugay
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.