Photo: Mwanner · CC BY-SA 3.0St. Armand has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
St. Armand has 230 jobs, against 615 working residents. For jobs and income St. Armand is better than 42% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (C). Only 6% stay in St. Armand for work; outside it, North Elba is the main destination (27%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set St. Armand apart
Much of St. Armand works one town over
54% of working residents work in a town that borders St. Armand: North Elba (27%), Harrietstown (21%) and Wilmington (6%). Next door ↓
Commutes from St. Armand are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 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; with 615 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: St. Armand’s grade explained
The poverty rate holds St. Armand’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: St. Armand’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, St. Armand could be anywhere from C− to B.
Getting to work from St. Armand takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Armand workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 730 commuters (the 11% 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.
St. Armand quiets down on a workday
On a workday 577 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in St. Armand on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where the trip to work from St. Armand ends
Where St. Armand clocks in
27% of workers
21% of workers
6% 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.
73% of the jobs in St. Armand pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Armand, 2013 → 2023: 296 → 230. 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 St. Armand’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from St. Armand
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.
Few in St. Armand walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 818 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). 3.8% of St. Armand households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Armand’s commuters take a bus or train.
St. Armand next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 2,526th of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,524 | Ilwaco WA | 1,112 | $98K | 9.5% | 0.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,525 | Benona Township MI | 1,446 | $78K | 7.7% | 1.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,526 | St. Armand NY | 1,377 | $81K | 6.3% | 3.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,527 | Jackson Township PA | 1,611 | $72K | 8.2% | 7.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,528 | Lake WI | 1,113 | $70K | 3.9% | 4.5% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 St. Armand, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 54% of St. Armand’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Armand workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Armand | – | C+ | C | 21 min | $81,221 |
| North Elba | 27% | B− | A | 15 min | $72,843 |
| Franklin | under 2% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $88,456 |
| Saranac Lake | under 2% | C− | A | 16 min | $61,967 |
| Wilmington | 6% | B− | B− | 34 min | $82,344 |
| Harrietstown | 21% | C | A− | 15 min | $66,460 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to North Elba. Darker towns draw more of St. Armand’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 St. Armand: questions
What is the median household income in St. Armand?
$81,221 (±$12,356) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Armand?
6.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Armand?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Armand work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Elba (27%, 12 mi), Harrietstown (21%, 15 mi), Wilmington (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Armand walkable?
St. Armand is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Armand without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Armand, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Armand
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.