Lake George has 1.9 jobs for every working resident: 779 people commute in to work
About one in seven work in Lake George; the top destination outside it is Lake George (23%, 1 miles). There are 852 jobs in Lake George; 442 of its residents have a job. 8% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lake George at work: what stands out
Lake George is where the jobs are
Lake George has 852 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,400 people are in town, 42% more than the 980 who live here. Day and night ↓
Lake George and Lake George trade workers both ways
Lake George is the top workplace for Lake George residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Lake George come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Lake George are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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 442 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Lake George, and who commutes in
On a workday 369 residents head out to work and 73 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Lake George on a workday afternoon, 42% more 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.
Who travels to work in Lake George, and from where
Where Lake George clocks in
12% of workers
10% 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Lake George
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake George workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 467 commuters (the 8% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Lake George
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake George, 2014 → 2024: 732 → 852. 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 Lake George’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Lake George works
About 20% 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 Lake George: questions
What is the median household income in Lake George?
$54,766 (±$10,568) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake George?
7.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake George?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake George work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake George (23%, 1 mi), Queensbury (12%, 4 mi), Glens Falls (10%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lake George without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake George, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake George
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.