Most of De Peyster commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in De Peyster itself; outside it, Canton draws the most (18%, 12 miles). There are 35 jobs in De Peyster, and 331 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for De Peyster are D for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set De Peyster apart
De Peyster is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in De Peyster, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday De Peyster has about 760 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from De Peyster 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 ↓
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 331 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind De Peyster’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, De Peyster is better than 8% of U.S. towns. Household income holds De Peyster’s grade up ($67,000, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: De Peyster’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, De Peyster could be anywhere from D− to C.
The daily commute in and out of De Peyster
On a workday 330 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in De Peyster on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Getting to work from De Peyster takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of De Peyster workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 275 commuters (the 15% 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 towns that employ De Peyster’s residents
Where De Peyster clocks in
18% 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: 74% of the jobs in De Peyster
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in De Peyster, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 35. 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 De Peyster’s own residents hold wherever they work.
De Peyster’s commute, mile by mile
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.
The commute in De Peyster is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, De Peyster is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 322 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). 24.8% of De Peyster households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of De Peyster’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, De Peyster is 2,639th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,637 | Chippewa Township MI | 1,285 | $59K | 15.2% | 3.2% | <1% | D |
| 2,638 | Evart Township MI | 1,366 | $48K | 12.0% | 15.7% | 1% | D |
| 2,639 | De Peyster NY | 1,052 | $67K | 21.2% | 4.7% | <1% | D |
| 2,640 | Fairmead CA | 1,229 | $47K | 32.4% | 12.8% | 1% | D |
| 2,641 | Joanna SC | 1,306 | $49K | 20.5% | 1.4% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 De Peyster, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
22% of De Peyster works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Gouverneur (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | De Peyster workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Peyster | – | D | B− | 23 min | $67,000 |
| De Kalb | 7% | C | D | 25 min | $57,467 |
| Oswegatchie | 4% | B− | B− | 20 min | $85,263 |
| Macomb | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Gouverneur | 11% | D− | B | 24 min | $44,411 |
Same-state neighbors only. Macomb: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of De Peyster’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 De Peyster: questions
What is the median household income in De Peyster?
$67,000 (±$22,504) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in De Peyster?
21.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from De Peyster?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in De Peyster work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (18%, 12 mi), Gouverneur (11%, 14 mi), Ogdensburg (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is De Peyster walkable?
De Peyster is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around De Peyster without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 25% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from De Peyster, from the people who make the trip.
More of De Peyster
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.