Photo: Thomas Cole · Public domainSchroon has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
396 jobs are based in Schroon, and 698 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Schroon are C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 34% of workers work from home; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Schroon apart
Most jobs in Schroon go to people who live here
Of the 396 jobs based in Schroon, 47% are held by Schroon residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Schroon are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 123 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Schroon works from home
34% of Schroon workers work from home, against 15% across New York. 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; with 698 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Schroon’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Schroon is better than 28% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Schroon’s grade up (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Schroon’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Schroon could be anywhere from D to B−.
Schroon on a workday afternoon
On a workday 511 residents head out to work, 187 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Schroon on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Commuting from Schroon: about 17 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Schroon workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 515 commuters (the 34% 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.
11% of working residents work in Chester
Where Schroon clocks in
11% 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.
What Schroon’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schroon, 2013 → 2023: 232 → 396. 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 Schroon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Schroon to work
About 25% 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.
Most trips from Schroon start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Schroon is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 14.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 777 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). 7.1% of Schroon households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Schroon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Schroon next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500: 3,518th of 5,656 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,516 | Verona PA | 2,396 | $49K | 13.8% | 8.2% | 5% | C |
| 3,517 | Custer SD | 1,803 | $78K | 14.2% | 4.0% | 34% | C |
| 3,518 | Schroon NY | 1,818 | $70K | 7.7% | 1.5% | 27% | C |
| 3,519 | Missouri Ridge Township ND | 1,662 | $125K | 32.2% | 3.1% | 2% | C |
| 3,520 | Kimmel Township PA | 1,513 | $62K | 10.7% | 1.4% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Schroon, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Schroon and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Ticonderoga (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Schroon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schroon | – | C | B+ | 17 min | $69,955 |
| North Hudson | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Ticonderoga | 6% | C− | B+ | 19 min | $65,481 |
| Crown Point | under 2% | C | D | 26 min | $82,813 |
| Minerva | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Horicon | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $80,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. North Hudson and Minerva: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Schroon’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 Schroon: questions
What is the median household income in Schroon?
$69,955 (±$9,767) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Schroon?
7.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Schroon?
17 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Schroon work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chester (11%, 13 mi), Ticonderoga (6%, 10 mi), Elizabethtown (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Schroon walkable?
Schroon is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Schroon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Schroon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Schroon
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.