Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Duane works elsewhere
8 jobs are based in Duane for 75 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26. 3% of workers have no commute at all (New York 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Duane for work, and who comes in
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Duane 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 2023, primary jobs.
25% of working residents work in Malone
Where Duane clocks in
25% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Duane
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Duane, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 8. 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 Duane’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Duane workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 92 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.
Miles to work from Duane
About 32% 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.
Duane and its neighbors: 25% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Duane workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane | – | — | — | 25 min | $84,000 |
| Santa Clara | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Brighton | under 2% | C | B | 18 min | $65,750 |
| Malone | 25% | C | A− | 15 min | $67,969 |
| Bellmont | under 2% | C− | D | 25 min | $70,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Santa Clara: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Malone. Darker towns draw more of Duane’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 Duane: questions
What is the median household income in Duane?
$84,000 (±$31,362) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Duane?
9.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Duane?
25 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 Duane work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Malone (25%, 12 mi), Plattsburgh (7%, 39 mi), Harrietstown (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Duane 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 Duane, from the people who make the trip.
More of Duane
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.