Photo: Anne LaBastille · Public domainOld Forge has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 470 people commute in to work
Home is the office for 29% of workers, against 15% across New York. There are 543 jobs in Old Forge, and 276 of its residents work somewhere. About one in four stay in Old Forge for work; outside it, Webb is the main destination (37%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Old Forge: the gist
Old Forge is where the jobs are
Old Forge has 543 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 840 people are in town, 47% more than the 570 who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Old Forge has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Old Forge went from 326 in 2013 to 543 in 2023, +67%. The jobs ↓
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; with 276 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
In and out of Old Forge on a workday
On a workday 203 residents head out to work and 73 work right here.
About 840 people are in Old Forge on a workday afternoon, 47% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Old Forge
About 36% 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 kinds of work in Old Forge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Old Forge, 2013 → 2023: 326 → 543. 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 Old Forge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Old Forge’s workers come from
Where Old Forge clocks in
37% of workers
6% 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.
About 40 minutes each way for Old Forge’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Old Forge workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 213 commuters (the 29% 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.
Old Forge and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Old Forge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Forge | – | — | — | 40 min | $75,076 |
| Thendara | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Thendara: 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 Old Forge’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 Old Forge: questions
What is the median household income in Old Forge?
$75,076 (±$64,929) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Old Forge?
3.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Old Forge?
40 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Old Forge work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Webb (37%, 9 mi), Inlet (6%, 13 mi), Syracuse (4%, 75 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Old Forge 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 Old Forge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Old Forge
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.