Photo: Anne LaBastille · Public domainThere are 1.9 jobs in Inlet for every working resident, and 188 people commute in
About one in four stay in Inlet for work; outside it, Long Lake is the main destination (10%, 17 miles). Inlet has 223 jobs, and 119 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 16 minutes on average, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Inlet
On a workday 84 residents head out to work and 35 work right here.
About 460 people are in Inlet on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 the people who work in Inlet live
Where Inlet clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
What Inlet’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Inlet, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 223. 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 Inlet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Inlet: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Inlet workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 133 commuters (the 9% 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 many miles Inlet commutes
About 41% 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 towns next door employ 18% of Inlet
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Inlet workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inlet | – | — | — | 16 min | $107,750 |
| Morehouse | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Long Lake | 10% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Webb | 8% | B+ | C | 30 min | $107,641 |
| Arietta | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Morehouse, Long Lake and Arietta: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Long Lake. Darker towns draw more of Inlet’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 Inlet: questions
What is the median household income in Inlet?
$107,750 (±$27,973) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Inlet?
4.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Inlet?
16 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Inlet work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Long Lake (10%, 17 mi), Webb (8%, 18 mi), Indian Lake (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Inlet without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Inlet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Inlet
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.