Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Work and commuting in Thendara
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where New York as a whole has 15%. Only 1% work in Thendara itself; outside it, Webb draws the most (36%, 8 miles). Employers in Thendara report 104 jobs; 84 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Thendara by day
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere.
About 84 people are in Thendara on a workday afternoon, 31% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).
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 Thendara ends
Where Thendara clocks in
36% of workers
7% 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.
What Thendara’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thendara, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 104. 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 Thendara’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Thendara
of Thendara workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 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.
Thendara’s commute, mile by mile
About 38% 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.
How Thendara compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Thendara workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thendara | – | — | — | — | — |
| Old Forge | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Old Forge: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Thendara’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 Thendara: questions
What is the poverty rate in Thendara?
0.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Thendara work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Webb (36%, 8 mi), Inlet (7%, 14 mi), Long Lake (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Thendara without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Thendara, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thendara
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.