With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Dresden works elsewhere
Only 2% stay in Dresden for work; outside it, Ticonderoga is the main destination (19%, 17 miles). Dresden has 14 jobs for 215 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Dresden apart on work
Dresden is a place people come home to
There are 14 jobs based in Dresden, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dresden has about 340 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Dresden workers work from home
Only 1% 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 215 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Dresden on a workday
On a workday 211 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Dresden on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Dresden
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dresden workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 191 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.
Commuting out of Dresden: the destinations
Where Dresden clocks in
19% of workers
12% of workers
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.
Dresden is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Dresden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Dresden
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work next door: 16% of Dresden’s workers
The biggest share goes to Whitehall (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dresden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dresden | – | — | — | 31 min | $64,180 |
| Hague | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Bolton | under 3% | C+ | B | 25 min | $102,898 |
| Whitehall | under 3% | D− | B | 26 min | $47,683 |
| Whitehall | 12% | D− | B | 26 min | $54,260 |
| Fort Ann | under 3% | B | C− | 26 min | $85,902 |
| Putnam | 4% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hague and Putnam: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dresden’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 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 Dresden: questions
What is the median household income in Dresden?
$64,180 (±$8,739) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dresden?
7.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dresden?
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 Dresden work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ticonderoga (19%, 17 mi), Whitehall (12%, 6 mi), Fort Edward (6%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Dresden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dresden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dresden
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.