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Work & commute in Charleston, NY

Most working residents leave Charleston for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Amsterdam (11%), Florida (9%) and Schenectady (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
13 of 526 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
34 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 513 Charleston residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charleston.

513live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
54work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Charleston goes to work

GloversvilleJohnstownAmsterdamSchenectadyAlbanyNew YorkAmsterdamFloridaGlenJohnstownNew ScotlandCarlisleEsperanceRootColonieBroadalbinEphratahDuanesburgRotterdamCharlestonMohawkAmsterdamFloridaSchenectadyNew YorkColonieMohawkJohnstownAlbanyAmsterdamRotterdamCharleston
1
Amsterdam11.6 mi away
11%58
2
Florida9.2 mi away
9%47
3
Schenectady21.8 mi away
5%26
4
New York150.9 mi away
5%24
5
Colonie29.4 mi away
4%22
6
Mohawk9.4 mi away
4%22
7
Johnstown12.7 mi away
4%19
8
Albany30.3 mi away
4%19
9
Amsterdam13.2 mi away
4%19
10
Rotterdam17.4 mi away
4%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%251

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

How far

How far Charleston commutes

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

13%Under 10 mi
48%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Charleston is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Charleston are

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

Jobs based in Charleston

67 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)75%
$1,250 a month or less45%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Charleston residents hold

526 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month62%
−49%

Jobs based in Charleston, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 67. 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.

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