Work & commute · Bolton

Work & commute in Bolton, NY

About one in 4 of Bolton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Queensbury (10%), Glens Falls (6%) and Albany (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

181 of 752 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 571 Bolton residents head out of town to work, 181 work right here, and 478 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bolton.

571live here, work elsewhere

181live and work here

478work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bolton goes to work

Bolton (in town)right here

24%181

Queensbury14.6 mi away

10%72

Glens Falls18.5 mi away

6%43

Albany63.5 mi away

5%37

Colonie58.3 mi away

3%26

Wilton29.7 mi away

3%25

Saratoga Springs35.9 mi away

3%24

New York202 mi away

3%23

Lake George10.5 mi away

3%21

Warrensburg8.7 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%285

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

How far

How far Bolton commutes

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

29%

25%

14%

32%

29%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bolton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bolton are

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

Jobs based in Bolton

659 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Bolton residents hold

752 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+66%

Jobs based in Bolton, 2013 → 2023: 397 → 659. 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.