Work & commute · Clifton Park

Work & commute in Clifton Park, NY

Most working residents leave Clifton Park for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (16%), Colonie (13%) and Schenectady (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

2,258 of 17,828 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,570 Clifton Park residents head out of town to work, 2,258 work right here, and 12,248 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clifton Park.

15,570live here, work elsewhere

2,258live and work here

12,248work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clifton Park goes to work

Albany13.4 mi away

16%2,934

Colonie8.4 mi away

13%2,395

Clifton Park (in town)right here

13%2,258

Schenectady6.5 mi away

6%993

New York151.9 mi away

4%750

Saratoga Springs14.6 mi away

4%697

Niskayuna4.6 mi away

4%695

Halfmoon4.7 mi away

4%624

Troy11.3 mi away

3%536

Malta8.7 mi away

3%528

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%5,418

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

How far

How far Clifton Park commutes

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

45%

36%

15%

45%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clifton Park is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clifton Park are

14,506 jobs are based in Clifton Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clifton Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clifton Park

14,506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Clifton Park residents hold

17,828 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+21%

Jobs based in Clifton Park, 2013 → 2023: 11,995 → 14,506. 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.