Work & commute · Forestport

Work & commute in Forestport, NY

Most working residents leave Forestport for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Utica (12%), Webb (7%) and New Hartford (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 638 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 585 Forestport residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forestport.

585live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forestport goes to work

Utica27.9 mi away

12%74

Forestport (in town)right here

8%53

Webb23.1 mi away

7%43

New Hartford31 mi away

7%43

Boonville7.3 mi away

7%42

Syracuse59.1 mi away

5%30

Whitestown26.6 mi away

4%26

Rome25.4 mi away

4%23

New York205.3 mi away

3%21

Albany89 mi away

3%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%263

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

How far

How far Forestport commutes

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

13%

29%

26%

33%

13%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forestport is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forestport are

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

Jobs based in Forestport

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Forestport residents hold

638 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−59%

Jobs based in Forestport, 2013 → 2023: 274 → 111. 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.