Work & commute · Ballston Spa

Work & commute in Ballston Spa, NY

Most working residents leave Ballston Spa for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Saratoga Springs (15%), Colonie (9%) and Albany (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

242 of 2,318 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,076 Ballston Spa residents head out of town to work, 242 work right here, and 3,507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ballston Spa.

2,076live here, work elsewhere

242live and work here

3,507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ballston Spa goes to work

Saratoga Springs5.8 mi away

15%345

Colonie18.6 mi away

9%217

Albany23.7 mi away

9%211

Ballston4.1 mi away

9%211

Milton3.7 mi away

9%200

New York161.9 mi away

5%114

Malta3.7 mi away

4%91

Schenectady14.5 mi away

4%89

Wilton12 mi away

3%76

Clifton Park10.3 mi away

3%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%699

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

How far

How far Ballston Spa commutes

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

41%

35%

15%

41%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ballston Spa is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ballston Spa are

3,749 jobs are based in Ballston Spa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ballston Spa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ballston Spa

3,749 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Ballston Spa residents hold

2,318 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+5%

Jobs based in Ballston Spa, 2013 → 2023: 3,577 → 3,749. 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.