Work & commute · Ghent

Work & commute in Ghent, NY

Most working residents leave Ghent for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Hudson (10%), New York (9%) and Albany (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

322 of 2,211 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,889 Ghent residents head out of town to work, 322 work right here, and 1,304 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ghent.

1,889live here, work elsewhere

322live and work here

1,304work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ghent goes to work

Ghent (in town)right here

15%322

Hudson8.2 mi away

10%229

New York115.1 mi away

9%210

Albany25.4 mi away

8%168

Claverack7 mi away

5%118

Chatham8.4 mi away

4%97

Kinderhook6.8 mi away

4%95

Colonie30.2 mi away

4%94

Greenport9.4 mi away

2%45

East Greenbush20.2 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%803

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

How far

How far Ghent commutes

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

37%

25%

15%

24%

37%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ghent is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ghent are

1,626 jobs are based in Ghent. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ghent’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ghent

1,626 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Ghent residents hold

2,211 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

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Jobs based in Ghent, 2013 → 2023: 1,619 → 1,626. 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.