Photo: Infrarrojo00 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Lisbon works elsewhere
472 jobs are based in Lisbon for 1,405 working residents. Lisbon grades B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lisbon
Commutes from Lisbon are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Lisbon works one town over
39% of working residents work in a town that borders Lisbon: Ogdensburg (19%), Canton (16%) and Oswegatchie (4%). Next door ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Lisbon’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lisbon is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #399 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Lisbon’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lisbon could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The trip to work from Lisbon: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lisbon workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,909 commuters (the 6% 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 people are in Lisbon by day
On a workday 1,233 residents head out to work, 172 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Lisbon on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
19% of working residents work in Ogdensburg
Where Lisbon clocks in
16% 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.
The kinds of work in Lisbon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lisbon, 2013 → 2023: 424 → 472. 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 Lisbon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Lisbon
About 26% 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.
Few in Lisbon walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lisbon is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #724 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Lisbon near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,024 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.8% of Lisbon households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lisbon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lisbon is 1,982nd of 3,962 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 7 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 19 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 55 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,980 | Juno Beach FL | 3,935 | $84K | 8.3% | 9.7% | 8% | B− |
| 1,981 | Clyde Township MI | 5,422 | $84K | 6.5% | 5.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,982 | Lisbon NY | 4,258 | $74K | 8.0% | 1.6% | 12% | B− |
| 1,983 | Granville Township PA | 4,625 | $76K | 6.4% | 3.5% | 12% | B− |
| 1,984 | Bremen IN | 4,592 | $68K | 25.5% | 0.5% | 27% | B− |
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| 3,962 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lisbon, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 39% of Lisbon’s workers
The biggest share goes to Ogdensburg (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lisbon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbon | – | B− | D | 19 min | $73,963 |
| Ogdensburg | 19% | D | A | 17 min | $61,824 |
| Canton | 16% | C− | A− | 16 min | $70,401 |
| Waddington | under 2% | C | D | 27 min | $79,688 |
| Oswegatchie | 4% | B− | B− | 20 min | $85,263 |
| Madrid | under 2% | D | C | 24 min | $64,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lisbon’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 Lisbon: questions
What is the median household income in Lisbon?
$73,963 (±$12,001) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lisbon?
8.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lisbon?
19 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lisbon work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ogdensburg (19%, 8 mi), Canton (16%, 10 mi), Potsdam (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lisbon walkable?
Lisbon is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lisbon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lisbon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lisbon
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.