Work & commute · Edinburg

Work & commute in Edinburg, NY

Most working residents leave Edinburg for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Northampton (10%), Saratoga Springs (7%) and Colonie (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 515 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 480 Edinburg residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edinburg.

480live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edinburg goes to work

Northampton8.5 mi away

10%51

Saratoga Springs18.1 mi away

7%37

Edinburg (in town)right here

7%35

Colonie37 mi away

7%34

Albany41.7 mi away

6%30

Johnstown23.1 mi away

5%27

New York178.2 mi away

4%23

Gloversville20 mi away

3%16

Wilton17.3 mi away

3%16

Milton15.3 mi away

3%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%232

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

How far

How far Edinburg commutes

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

18%

38%

28%

17%

18%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edinburg is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edinburg are

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

Jobs based in Edinburg

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Edinburg residents hold

515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−7%

Jobs based in Edinburg, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 113. 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.