Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station · Photo: Jondude11 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Piercefield commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
5% of workers have no commute at all (New York 15%). 40 jobs are based in Piercefield for 88 working residents. Only 6% work in Piercefield itself; outside it, Potsdam draws the most (18%, 38 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Piercefield, and who commutes in
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Piercefield on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer 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.
The towns that employ Piercefield’s residents
Where Piercefield clocks in
15% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Piercefield: what the 40 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Piercefield, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 40. 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 Piercefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Piercefield: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Piercefield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 114 commuters (the 5% 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 it is to work from Piercefield
About 34% 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.
Work next door: 15% of Piercefield’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Piercefield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piercefield | – | — | — | 22 min | $89,191 |
| Colton | under 3% | C− | C | 28 min | $69,156 |
| Tupper Lake | 15% | C | B+ | 15 min | $65,433 |
| Hopkinton | under 3% | D | D− | 25 min | $61,125 |
| Long Lake | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Long Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tupper Lake. Darker towns draw more of Piercefield’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 Piercefield: questions
What is the median household income in Piercefield?
$89,191 (±$12,957) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Piercefield?
8.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Piercefield?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Piercefield work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Potsdam (18%, 38 mi), Tupper Lake (15%, 7 mi), Canton (9%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Piercefield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Piercefield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Piercefield
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.