Work & commute · Frankfort

Work & commute in Frankfort, NY

Most working residents leave Frankfort for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Utica (22%), New Hartford (10%) and German Flatts (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

251 of 3,194 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,943 Frankfort residents head out of town to work, 251 work right here, and 1,744 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frankfort.

2,943live here, work elsewhere

251live and work here

1,744work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frankfort goes to work

Utica5.9 mi away

22%706

New Hartford7.4 mi away

10%321

Frankfort (in town)right here

8%251

German Flatts9.4 mi away

6%192

Herkimer6.9 mi away

6%186

Whitestown12 mi away

4%142

Syracuse50.8 mi away

3%109

New York175.5 mi away

3%87

Rome21.9 mi away

2%77

Marcy11.3 mi away

2%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,048

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

How far

How far Frankfort commutes

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

45%

25%

22%

45%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frankfort is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frankfort are

1,995 jobs are based in Frankfort. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frankfort’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Frankfort

1,995 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Frankfort residents hold

3,194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+36%

Jobs based in Frankfort, 2013 → 2023: 1,472 → 1,995. 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.