Work & commute · Argyle

Work & commute in Argyle, NY

Most working residents leave Argyle for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Glens Falls (9%), Queensbury (8%) and Fort Edward (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

176 of 1,652 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,476 Argyle residents head out of town to work, 176 work right here, and 571 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Argyle.

1,476live here, work elsewhere

176live and work here

571work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Argyle goes to work

Argyle (in town)right here

11%176

Glens Falls10 mi away

9%155

Queensbury13.6 mi away

8%140

Fort Edward4 mi away

8%138

Saratoga Springs18.9 mi away

5%88

Greenwich5.8 mi away

4%65

Moreau9.5 mi away

4%62

Colonie37.4 mi away

4%62

Kingsbury8 mi away

4%60

Easton14.3 mi away

4%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%648

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Argyle commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

34%

16%

14%

35%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Argyle is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Argyle are

747 jobs are based in Argyle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Argyle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Argyle

747 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Argyle residents hold

1,652 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+5%

Jobs based in Argyle, 2013 → 2023: 709 → 747. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.