A job hub: Parc has 8.5 jobs per working resident, and 866 people come in to work
0% of workers work from home (New York 15%). Employers in Parc report 869 jobs, and 102 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Parc; the top destination outside it is Plattsburgh (30%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Parc, and who commutes in
On a workday 99 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 870 people are in Parc on a workday afternoon, 783% 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.
Who travels to work in Parc, and from where
Where Parc clocks in
30% of workers
28% 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.
In Parc, 54% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parc, 2013 → 2023: 236 → 869. 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 Parc’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Parc
of Parc workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 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 far Parc goes to work
About 22% 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 towns next door employ 28% of Parc
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Parc workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parc | – | — | — | — | $16,250 |
| Plattsburgh | 28% | C− | A | 17 min | $57,630 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Plattsburgh. Darker towns draw more of Parc’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 Parc: questions
What is the median household income in Parc?
$16,250 (±$11,112) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parc?
45.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Parc work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plattsburgh (30%, 4 mi), Plattsburgh (28%, 2 mi), Malone (4%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Parc without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 69% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parc, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parc
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.