Work & commute · German Flatts

Work & commute in German Flatts, NY

Most working residents leave German Flatts for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Utica (14%), Herkimer (11%) and New Hartford (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

745 of 5,326 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 4,581 German Flatts residents head out of town to work, 745 work right here, and 1,604 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in German Flatts.

4,581live here, work elsewhere

745live and work here

1,604work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where German Flatts goes to work

German Flatts (in town)right here

14%745

Utica15.2 mi away

14%728

Herkimer5.7 mi away

11%588

New Hartford16.6 mi away

7%385

Frankfort9.4 mi away

4%191

Whitestown21.3 mi away

4%190

New York168.9 mi away

3%150

Syracuse59.5 mi away

2%119

Little Falls7.1 mi away

2%118

Albany63.2 mi away

2%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,999

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

How far

How far German Flatts commutes

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

34%

33%

25%

34%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

German Flatts is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in German Flatts are

2,349 jobs are based in German Flatts. Here is what they are, next to the jobs German Flatts’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in German Flatts

2,349 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs German Flatts residents hold

5,326 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−26%

Jobs based in German Flatts, 2013 → 2023: 3,161 → 2,349. 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.