Work & commute · Greenfield

Work & commute in Greenfield, NY

Most working residents leave Greenfield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Saratoga Springs (26%), Albany (6%) and Wilton (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

166 of 3,605 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,439 Greenfield residents head out of town to work, 166 work right here, and 752 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenfield.

3,439live here, work elsewhere

166live and work here

752work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenfield goes to work

Saratoga Springs6.8 mi away

26%920

Albany32.8 mi away

6%211

Wilton7.4 mi away

6%210

Colonie27.8 mi away

6%201

Greenfield (in town)right here

5%166

Milton6.2 mi away

3%124

New York171.1 mi away

3%119

Malta11.6 mi away

3%113

Ballston12.9 mi away

3%106

Glens Falls16.5 mi away

3%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,336

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

How far

How far Greenfield commutes

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

42%

27%

17%

15%

42%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenfield is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenfield are

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

Jobs based in Greenfield

918 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Greenfield residents hold

3,605 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+46%

Jobs based in Greenfield, 2013 → 2023: 627 → 918. 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.