Work & commute · Grafton

Work & commute in Grafton, NY

Most working residents leave Grafton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (15%), Colonie (12%) and Troy (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 902 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 871 Grafton residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grafton.

871live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grafton goes to work

Albany18.7 mi away

15%134

Colonie16.8 mi away

12%108

Troy11.3 mi away

8%71

East Greenbush16.6 mi away

6%54

New York147.3 mi away

5%41

Brunswick6.7 mi away

4%37

Grafton (in town)right here

3%31

Bennington, VT14.9 mi away

3%25

Sand Lake10.3 mi away

3%23

Cohoes12.8 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%359

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

How far

How far Grafton commutes

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

13%

64%

17%

13%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grafton is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grafton are

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

Jobs based in Grafton

164 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Grafton residents hold

902 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+25%

Jobs based in Grafton, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 164. 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.