Work & commute · Ballston

Work & commute in Ballston, NY

Most working residents leave Ballston for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Colonie (10%), Albany (10%) and Saratoga Springs (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

579 of 5,662 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 5,083 Ballston residents head out of town to work, 579 work right here, and 5,043 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ballston.

5,083live here, work elsewhere

579live and work here

5,043work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ballston goes to work

Colonie15.4 mi away

10%582

Ballston (in town)right here

10%579

Albany20.2 mi away

10%572

Saratoga Springs9.8 mi away

8%480

Schenectady10.5 mi away

6%368

Clifton Park7.2 mi away

6%312

Niskayuna10.3 mi away

4%252

Malta5.4 mi away

4%244

New York158.1 mi away

4%218

Milton6.8 mi away

4%209

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,846

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

How far

How far Ballston commutes

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

40%

41%

14%

40%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ballston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ballston are

5,622 jobs are based in Ballston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ballston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ballston

5,622 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Ballston residents hold

5,662 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+113%

Jobs based in Ballston, 2013 → 2023: 2,643 → 5,622. 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.