Photo: Gshep92 · Public domainHow Croghan works: jobs, income and commuting
Only 5% work in Croghan itself; outside it, Lowville draws the most (19%, 8 miles). 4% of workers have no commute at all; New York has 15%. A typical one-way commute lasts 23 minutes (New York 33, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Croghan at work: what stands out
Commutes from Croghan 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 ↓
Few Croghan workers work from home
Only 4% 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 209 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 23 minutes to work from Croghan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Croghan workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 264 commuters (the 4% 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 leaves Croghan for work, and who comes in
On a workday 199 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Croghan on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Croghan ends
Where Croghan clocks in
16% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 62% of the jobs in Croghan
139 jobs are based in Croghan.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Croghan, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 139. 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 Croghan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Croghan commutes less than 18 miles
About 21% 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 Croghan: questions
What is the median household income in Croghan?
$51,731 (±$5,537) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Croghan?
19.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Croghan?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Croghan work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lowville (19%, 8 mi), Croghan (16%, 6 mi), Watertown (9%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Croghan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Croghan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Croghan
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.