Work & commute · Green Island

Work & commute in Green Island, NY

Most working residents leave Green Island for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (22%), Colonie (17%) and Troy (8%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

105 of 1,284 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,179 Green Island residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 1,310 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Island.

1,179live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

1,310work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Island goes to work

Albany7.8 mi away

22%281

Colonie4.8 mi away

17%214

Troy1.2 mi away

8%108

Green Island0 mi away

8%105

New York144.6 mi away

6%72

East Greenbush9.9 mi away

3%41

Cohoes1.9 mi away

3%35

Schenectady12.5 mi away

2%22

Watervliet1.8 mi away

2%21

Bethlehem13.2 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%367

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

How far

How far Green Island commutes

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

69%

10%

17%

69%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Island is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Island are

1,415 jobs are based in Green Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Green Island

1,415 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Green Island residents hold

1,284 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+2%

Jobs based in Green Island, 2013 → 2023: 1,389 → 1,415. 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.