Work & commute · Gloversville

Work & commute in Gloversville, NY

Most working residents leave Gloversville for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Johnstown (15%), Johnstown (5%) and Amsterdam (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

851 of 5,432 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 4,581 Gloversville residents head out of town to work, 851 work right here, and 2,923 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gloversville.

4,581live here, work elsewhere

851live and work here

2,923work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gloversville goes to work

Gloversville (in town)right here

16%851

Johnstown3.3 mi away

15%815

Johnstown2.7 mi away

5%277

Amsterdam10.8 mi away

5%259

Albany38.4 mi away

5%245

Colonie35.4 mi away

3%189

New York166.2 mi away

3%173

Florida12.9 mi away

3%169

Amsterdam11.2 mi away

3%151

Mayfield6.7 mi away

3%141

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,162

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

How far

How far Gloversville commutes

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

47%

10%

25%

18%

47%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gloversville is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gloversville are

3,774 jobs are based in Gloversville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gloversville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gloversville

3,774 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Gloversville residents hold

5,432 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−19%

Jobs based in Gloversville, 2013 → 2023: 4,655 → 3,774. 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.