Work & commute · Glens Falls

Work & commute in Glens Falls, NY

About one in 4 of Glens Falls’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Queensbury (18%), Saratoga Springs (6%) and Wilton (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

1,505 of 6,566 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 5,061 Glens Falls residents head out of town to work, 1,505 work right here, and 10,313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glens Falls.

5,061live here, work elsewhere

1,505live and work here

10,313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glens Falls goes to work

Glens Falls (in town)right here

23%1,505

Queensbury4.2 mi away

18%1,201

Saratoga Springs18.1 mi away

6%390

Wilton11.7 mi away

4%274

Moreau4.5 mi away

4%245

New York183.6 mi away

3%215

Colonie40.1 mi away

3%214

Albany45.3 mi away

3%199

Kingsbury5 mi away

3%181

Fort Edward7.1 mi away

2%135

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,007

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

How far

How far Glens Falls commutes

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

53%

16%

17%

15%

53%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glens Falls is a job hub

1.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Glens Falls are

11,818 jobs are based in Glens Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glens Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glens Falls

11,818 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Glens Falls residents hold

6,566 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−19%

Jobs based in Glens Falls, 2013 → 2023: 14,598 → 11,818. 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.