Photo: Mwanner · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Ticonderoga earn less than those in 65% of U.S. towns
Ticonderoga grades C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 17.4% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. About two in five work in Ticonderoga; the top destination outside it is Moriah (5%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Ticonderoga: the gist
Commutes from Ticonderoga are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Ticonderoga makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Ticonderoga are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ticonderoga residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
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.
Ticonderoga’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ticonderoga is better than 16% of U.S. towns, #686 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Ticonderoga’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ticonderoga could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Commuting from Ticonderoga: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ticonderoga workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,978 commuters (the 12% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 42% of the jobs in Ticonderoga
1,882 jobs are based in Ticonderoga.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ticonderoga, 2013 → 2023: 2,158 → 1,882. 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 Ticonderoga’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Ticonderoga
On a workday 1,150 residents head out to work, 718 work right here, and 1,164 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 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.
Commuting out of Ticonderoga: the destinations
Where Ticonderoga clocks in
5% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
How far it is to work from Ticonderoga
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.
In Ticonderoga, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ticonderoga is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #362 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,256 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). 5.6% of Ticonderoga households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Ticonderoga’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ticonderoga next to U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100: 3,324th of 3,862 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,322 | La Verkin UT | 4,515 | $68K | 23.5% | 5.7% | 9% | C− |
| 3,323 | Plainfield Township MI | 3,353 | $52K | 16.1% | 3.6% | 13% | C− |
| 3,324 | Ticonderoga NY | 4,549 | $65K | 17.4% | 4.8% | 38% | C− |
| 3,325 | Combee Settlement FL | 5,242 | $40K | 27.3% | 7.1% | 1% | C− |
| 3,326 | Springfield MI | 5,246 | $45K | 19.1% | 9.7% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Ticonderoga, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Ticonderoga and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Crown Point (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ticonderoga workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ticonderoga | – | C− | B+ | 19 min | $65,481 |
| Schroon | under 2% | C | B+ | 17 min | $69,955 |
| Crown Point | 2% | C | D | 26 min | $82,813 |
| Putnam | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Hague | 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Putnam and Hague: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ticonderoga’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 Ticonderoga: questions
What is the median household income in Ticonderoga?
$65,481 (±$13,322) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ticonderoga?
17.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ticonderoga?
19 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ticonderoga work?
38% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moriah (5%, 16 mi), Vergennes (3%, 27 mi), Queensbury (3%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ticonderoga walkable?
Ticonderoga is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ticonderoga without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ticonderoga, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ticonderoga
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.