Work & commute · Fonda

Work & commute in Fonda, NY

Most working residents leave Fonda for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Mohawk (17%), Johnstown (8%) and Gloversville (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

26 of 263 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 237 Fonda residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 1,322 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fonda.

237live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

1,322work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fonda goes to work

Mohawk1.5 mi away

17%45

Johnstown3.7 mi away

8%22

Gloversville6.8 mi away

6%15

Amsterdam9.3 mi away

6%15

Albany35.3 mi away

5%13

Amsterdam10.5 mi away

5%12

Glen3.8 mi away

5%12

Colonie33.1 mi away

4%11

New York159.8 mi away

3%8

Schenectady24.9 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%103

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

How far

How far Fonda commutes

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

51%

12%

22%

15%

51%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fonda is a job hub

5.13jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fonda are

1,348 jobs are based in Fonda. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fonda’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fonda

1,348 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Fonda residents hold

263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+52%

Jobs based in Fonda, 2013 → 2023: 889 → 1,348. 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.