Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Fort Ann
Fort Ann has 188 jobs; 170 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Fort Ann; the top destination outside it is Glens Falls (14%, 11 miles). Working residents average 20 minutes each way, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Fort Ann, and who commutes in
On a workday 166 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Fort Ann’s working residents head each day
Where Fort Ann clocks in
14% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Fort Ann
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort Ann, 2014 → 2024: 46 → 188. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Ann’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Fort Ann spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fort Ann workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 205 commuters (the 12% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Fort Ann
About 24% 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.
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 Fort Ann: questions
What is the median household income in Fort Ann?
$76,705 (±$31,574) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fort Ann?
6.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fort Ann?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fort Ann work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Glens Falls (14%, 11 mi), Queensbury (12%, 10 mi), Saratoga Springs (8%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Fort Ann 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 Fort Ann, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort Ann
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.