Lyon Mountain draws 908 commuters a day, with 7.3 jobs for every working resident
About one in ten work in Lyon Mountain itself; outside it, Plattsburgh draws the most (15%, 20 miles). Lyon Mountain has 919 jobs; 126 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers work from 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
Who works in Lyon Mountain, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 115 residents head out to work and 11 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Lyon Mountain on a workday afternoon, 254% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Lyon Mountain live
Where Lyon Mountain clocks in
15% of workers
11% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Lyon Mountain
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyon Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 919. 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 Lyon Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Lyon Mountain: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyon Mountain workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 109 commuters (the 0% 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 Lyon Mountain commutes
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 2023.
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 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 Lyon Mountain: questions
What is the median household income in Lyon Mountain?
$47,143 (±$41,229) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyon Mountain?
14.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyon Mountain?
32 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyon Mountain work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plattsburgh (15%, 20 mi), Plattsburgh (11%, 17 mi), Dannemora (10%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lyon Mountain without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 28% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lyon Mountain, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyon Mountain
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.