Work & commute · Fort Plain

Work & commute in Fort Plain, NY

Most working residents leave Fort Plain for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Minden (11%), Albany (6%) and Canajoharie (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

64 of 648 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 584 Fort Plain residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 363 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Plain.

584live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

363work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Plain goes to work

Minden3.5 mi away

11%72

Albany45.9 mi away

6%38

Canajoharie4.7 mi away

6%38

Mohawk11.5 mi away

4%29

New York160.8 mi away

4%27

Amsterdam22.1 mi away

4%24

Palatine4.7 mi away

4%24

Johnstown13.7 mi away

3%22

Colonie44.6 mi away

3%21

Florida21.7 mi away

3%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%335

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

How far

How far Fort Plain commutes

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

26%

28%

26%

21%

26%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Plain is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Plain are

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

Jobs based in Fort Plain

427 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Fort Plain residents hold

648 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−6%

Jobs based in Fort Plain, 2013 → 2023: 456 → 427. 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.