At 2.1%, unemployment in Oswegatchie is lower than in 83% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Oswegatchie; the top destination outside it is Ogdensburg (26%, 6 miles). The two grades for Oswegatchie are B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Oswegatchie, in brief
Much of Oswegatchie works one town over
46% of working residents work in a town that borders Oswegatchie: Ogdensburg (26%), Canton (13%) and De Kalb (3%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Oswegatchie are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 100 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Oswegatchie
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oswegatchie is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #434 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Oswegatchie’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oswegatchie could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The trip to work from Oswegatchie: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oswegatchie workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,750 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.
In and out of Oswegatchie on a workday
On a workday 1,240 residents head out to work, 179 work right here, and 940 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Oswegatchie: the destinations
Where Oswegatchie clocks in
13% 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.
68% of the jobs in Oswegatchie pay over $3,333 a month
1,119 jobs are based in Oswegatchie.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oswegatchie, 2013 → 2023: 1,394 → 1,119. 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 Oswegatchie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Oswegatchie, by distance
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 Oswegatchie walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oswegatchie is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #501 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,860 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 Oswegatchie households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Oswegatchie’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Oswegatchie ranks: 2,281st of 4,177 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Pound Ridge NY | 5,057 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,279 | Moundville AL | 3,628 | $73K | 17.6% | 2.2% | 3% | B− |
| 2,280 | Richmond ME | 3,609 | $66K | 12.4% | 2.6% | 8% | B− |
| 2,281 | Oswegatchie NY | 3,976 | $85K | 13.8% | 2.1% | 13% | B− |
| 2,282 | Neversink NY | 3,383 | $81K | 8.0% | 3.3% | 14% | B− |
| 2,283 | Dover FL | 3,009 | $50K | 23.5% | 1.5% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | 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 Oswegatchie, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 46% of Oswegatchie
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oswegatchie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswegatchie | – | B− | B− | 20 min | $85,263 |
| De Peyster | under 2% | D | B− | 23 min | $67,000 |
| Ogdensburg | 26% | D | A | 17 min | $61,824 |
| Lisbon | 2% | B− | D | 19 min | $73,963 |
| Morristown | 2% | D | B− | 23 min | $66,250 |
| De Kalb | 3% | C | D | 25 min | $57,467 |
| Canton | 13% | C− | A− | 16 min | $70,401 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ogdensburg. Darker towns draw more of Oswegatchie’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 Oswegatchie: questions
What is the median household income in Oswegatchie?
$85,263 (±$12,182) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oswegatchie?
13.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oswegatchie?
20 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 Oswegatchie work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ogdensburg (26%, 6 mi), Canton (13%, 14 mi), Potsdam (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oswegatchie walkable?
Oswegatchie is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oswegatchie without a car?
1% 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 Oswegatchie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oswegatchie
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.