Photo: Dclemens1971 · CC BY 4.0Pierrepont has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
243 jobs are based in Pierrepont; 1,035 of its residents have a job. Pierrepont grades B− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. 4% of workers work from home (New York 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pierrepont and work: the main findings
Much of Pierrepont works one town over
51% of working residents work in a town that borders Pierrepont: Potsdam (25%), Canton (22%) and Parishville (4%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Pierrepont are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Pierrepont is a place people come home to
There are 243 jobs based in Pierrepont, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pierrepont has about 1,700 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Pierrepont workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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’s behind Pierrepont’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pierrepont is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #423 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Pierrepont’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pierrepont could be anywhere from C− to A−.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pierrepont workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,083 commuters (the 4% 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 Pierrepont on a workday
On a workday 1,011 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Pierrepont on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
25% of working residents work in Potsdam
Where Pierrepont clocks in
22% 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.
Pierrepont makes things: 38% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pierrepont, 2013 → 2023: 155 → 243. 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 Pierrepont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Pierrepont’s workers travel
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.
Getting around Pierrepont: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,133 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). 1.1% of Pierrepont households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pierrepont’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pierrepont next to U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400: 2,229th of 4,868 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Algona WA | 3,253 | $85K | 12.1% | 9.4% | 1% | B− |
| 2,228 | Lawrence Township NJ | 3,167 | $86K | 8.0% | 5.2% | 5% | B− |
| 2,229 | Pierrepont NY | 2,525 | $93K | 4.8% | 5.2% | 2% | B− |
| 2,230 | Jackson Township OH | 2,786 | $75K | 19.2% | 0.5% | 3% | B− |
| 2,231 | Milton Township OH | 2,408 | $73K | 9.1% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pierrepont, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 51% of Pierrepont
The biggest share goes to Potsdam (25%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pierrepont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrepont | – | B− | D− | 24 min | $92,500 |
| Parishville | 4% | C− | D− | 23 min | $77,095 |
| Clare | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Potsdam | 25% | D | A− | 18 min | $53,302 |
| Russell | under 2% | D | D− | 34 min | $65,189 |
| Canton | 22% | C− | A− | 16 min | $70,401 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clare: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pierrepont’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 Pierrepont: questions
What is the median household income in Pierrepont?
$92,500 (±$18,702) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pierrepont?
4.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pierrepont?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pierrepont work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Potsdam (25%, 10 mi), Canton (22%, 10 mi), Parishville (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pierrepont walkable?
Pierrepont is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pierrepont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pierrepont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pierrepont
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.