Work & commute · Colonie

Work & commute in Colonie, NY

Most working residents leave Colonie for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (31%), Colonie (26%) and New York (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

210 of 3,912 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,702 Colonie residents head out of town to work, 210 work right here, and 5,833 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colonie.

3,702live here, work elsewhere

210live and work here

5,833work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colonie goes to work

Albany4.2 mi away

31%1,208

Colonie2.7 mi away

26%1,020

New York142.3 mi away

4%175

Schenectady7.4 mi away

4%162

Guilderland6.7 mi away

4%144

East Greenbush10.4 mi away

2%96

Troy8 mi away

2%91

Bethlehem9.4 mi away

2%86

Clifton Park9.6 mi away

2%72

Niskayuna6.1 mi away

1%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%808

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

How far

How far Colonie commutes

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

77%

14%

77%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colonie is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Colonie are

6,043 jobs are based in Colonie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Colonie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Colonie

6,043 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Colonie residents hold

3,912 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−31%

Jobs based in Colonie, 2013 → 2023: 8,702 → 6,043. 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.