Deferiet has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Deferiet has 15 jobs for 94 working residents. Hardly any stay in Deferiet for work; outside it, Watertown is the main destination (16%, 12 miles). Home is the office for 6% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Deferiet on a workday afternoon
On a workday 94 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Deferiet on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where Deferiet goes to work
Where Deferiet clocks in
12% 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.
Jobs in Deferiet: what the 15 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deferiet, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 15. 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 Deferiet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Deferiet: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deferiet workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 190 commuters (the 6% 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 far it is to work from Deferiet
About 29% 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.
Bordering towns draw 24% of Deferiet’s workers
The biggest share goes to Champion (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deferiet workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deferiet | – | — | — | 25 min | $66,875 |
| Champion | 12% | D | B− | 20 min | $56,875 |
| Wilna | 12% | D | B− | 24 min | $60,213 |
| Great Bend | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Great Bend: 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 Deferiet’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 Deferiet: questions
What is the median household income in Deferiet?
$66,875 (±$25,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deferiet?
13.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deferiet?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deferiet work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watertown (16%, 12 mi), Champion (12%, 4 mi), Wilna (12%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Deferiet without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deferiet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deferiet
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.