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Jobs & commute in Mineville

Mineville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

Only 4% work in Mineville itself; outside it, Moriah draws the most (25%, 2 miles). 107 jobs are based in Mineville for 495 working residents. 7% of workers work from home; New York has 15%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

The commute and the jobs: Mineville in brief

Mineville is a place people come home to

There are 107 jobs based in Mineville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mineville has about 820 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Commutes from Mineville are quick

The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 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 495 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Mineville

On a workday 475 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.

475live here, work elsewhere
20live and work here
87work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,200
Workday820
1,200live here− 480head out to work+ 87come in to work= 820on a workday

About 820 people are in Mineville on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.22jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

Time on the road

Commuting from Mineville: about 23 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
177 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Mineville23 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Mineville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Mineville gets to work
85%Drive alone
3%Carpool
13%Walk

Share of the 429 commuters (the 7% 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.

The commute map

Where people from Mineville work

PlattsburghVergennes: 22 residents work here (4%)Crown Point: 8 residents work here (2%)EssexKeeneRutlandQueensbury: 8 residents work here (2%)Plattsburgh: 9 residents work here (2%)North Elba: 8 residents work here (2%)Moriah: 123 residents work here (25%)ChesterfieldTiconderoga: 63 residents work here (13%)Westport: 14 residents work here (3%)Elizabethtown: 40 residents work here (8%)Middlebury: 21 residents work here (4%)WitherbeeMinevilleMoriahTiconderogaElizabethtownVergennesMiddleburyWestportMineville
1
Moriah2.2 mi away
25%123
2
Ticonderoga17.7 mi away
13%63
3
Elizabethtown9.3 mi away
8%40
4
Vergennes, VT14.3 mi away
4%22
5
Middlebury, VT21.1 mi away
4%21
6
Westport7.5 mi away
3%14
7
Plattsburgh41.5 mi away
2%9
8
Crown Point9.4 mi away
2%8
9
Queensbury50.6 mi away
2%8
10
North Elba27 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%179
The top trips

Where Mineville clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

The kinds of work in Mineville

Jobs based in MinevilleJobs Mineville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms22%20%
Trade, transport & utilities36%17%
Services: health, schools, offices42%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less8%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%26%
Over $3,333 a month62%62%

Who does it

29 or younger15%18%
30 to 5452%55%
55 and older33%27%
+47%

Jobs based in Mineville, 2014 → 2024: 73 → 107. 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 Mineville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Where in the region Mineville works

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miMoriah: 25% · 2.2 miTiconderoga: 13% · 17.7 miElizabethtown: 8% · 9.3 miVergennes: 4% · 14.3 miMiddlebury: 4% · 21.1 miWestport: 3% · 7.5 miPlattsburgh: 2% · 41.5 miCrown Point: 2% · 9.4 miQueensbury: 2% · 50.6 miNorth Elba: 2% · 27 miMoriah 25%Ticonderoga 13%Elizabethtown 8%Vergennes 4%Middlebury 4%Mineville
MinevilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
34%Under 10 mi168 residents
28%10–24 mi140 residents
14%25–50 mi70 residents
24%Over 50 mi117 residents

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.

Next door

Mineville and the towns next door

Witherbee: few work hereWitherbeeMineville
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownMineville workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Mineville–——23 min$68,786
Witherbeeunder 2%————

Same-state neighbors only. Witherbee: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Mineville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Mineville: questions

What is the median household income in Mineville?

$68,786 (±$22,902) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Mineville?

8.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Mineville?

23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Mineville work?

4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moriah (25%, 2 mi), Ticonderoga (13%, 18 mi), Elizabethtown (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Mineville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Mineville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Mineville

Mineville home →

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.