Most of Copenhagen commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Copenhagen report 58 jobs, and 218 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Copenhagen for work; outside it, Lowville is the main destination (24%, 9 miles). For 3% of workers, the job is at home; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Copenhagen, in brief
Copenhagen and Lowville trade workers both ways
Lowville is the top workplace for Copenhagen residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Copenhagen come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Copenhagen is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in Copenhagen, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Few Copenhagen 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 218 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Copenhagen’s residents
Where Copenhagen clocks in
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.
The daily commute in and out of Copenhagen
On a workday 216 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Copenhagen on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The trip to work from Copenhagen: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Copenhagen workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 325 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.
Jobs in Copenhagen: what the 58 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Copenhagen, 2014 → 2024: 118 → 58. 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 Copenhagen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Copenhagen goes to work
About 28% 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.
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 Copenhagen: questions
What is the median household income in Copenhagen?
$58,977 (±$27,338) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Copenhagen?
20.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Copenhagen?
28 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 Copenhagen work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lowville (24%, 9 mi), Watertown (9%, 13 mi), Wilna (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Copenhagen
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.