Work & commute · Duanesburg

Work & commute in Duanesburg, NY

Most working residents leave Duanesburg for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (18%), Schenectady (12%) and Colonie (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

204 of 2,640 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 2,436 Duanesburg residents head out of town to work, 204 work right here, and 1,065 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duanesburg.

2,436live here, work elsewhere

204live and work here

1,065work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duanesburg goes to work

Albany20.5 mi away

18%479

Schenectady12.6 mi away

12%318

Colonie19.7 mi away

9%249

Duanesburg (in town)right here

8%204

Rotterdam8.5 mi away

6%170

New York146.7 mi away

5%119

Guilderland11.8 mi away

3%89

Niskayuna15.3 mi away

3%72

Glenville12 mi away

2%62

East Greenbush26.8 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%837

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

How far

How far Duanesburg commutes

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

17%

58%

16%

17%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duanesburg is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Duanesburg are

1,269 jobs are based in Duanesburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Duanesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Duanesburg

1,269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Duanesburg residents hold

2,640 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+66%

Jobs based in Duanesburg, 2013 → 2023: 766 → 1,269. 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.