Work & commute · Brunswick

Work & commute in Brunswick, NY

Most working residents leave Brunswick for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (20%), Colonie (14%) and Troy (14%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

327 of 6,323 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,996 Brunswick residents head out of town to work, 327 work right here, and 1,980 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brunswick.

5,996live here, work elsewhere

327live and work here

1,980work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brunswick goes to work

Albany12.2 mi away

20%1,291

Colonie10.2 mi away

14%906

Troy4.6 mi away

14%858

East Greenbush11.3 mi away

5%333

Brunswick (in town)right here

5%327

New York145.1 mi away

4%259

Schenectady17.8 mi away

2%114

North Greenbush6.6 mi away

2%113

Clifton Park14.4 mi away

2%109

Guilderland19.3 mi away

2%108

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,905

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

How far

How far Brunswick commutes

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

51%

31%

14%

51%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brunswick is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brunswick are

2,307 jobs are based in Brunswick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brunswick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brunswick

2,307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Brunswick residents hold

6,323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+13%

Jobs based in Brunswick, 2013 → 2023: 2,033 → 2,307. 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.