Work & commute · Colchester

Work & commute in Colchester, NY

About one in 4 of Colchester’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Delhi (9%), New York (7%) and Walton (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

142 of 626 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 484 Colchester residents head out of town to work, 142 work right here, and 189 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colchester.

484live here, work elsewhere

142live and work here

189work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colchester goes to work

Colchester (in town)right here

23%142

Delhi16.2 mi away

9%56

New York108.7 mi away

7%42

Walton12.8 mi away

4%27

Thompson30.7 mi away

4%26

Liberty18 mi away

4%24

Rockland10 mi away

3%18

Hancock13.1 mi away

2%15

Utica74.3 mi away

2%13

Albany73.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%251

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

How far

How far Colchester commutes

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

26%

25%

17%

32%

26%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colchester is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colchester are

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

Jobs based in Colchester

331 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Colchester residents hold

626 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+5%

Jobs based in Colchester, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 331. 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.