Work & commute · Guilderland

Work & commute in Guilderland, NY

Most working residents leave Guilderland for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (31%), Colonie (15%) and Schenectady (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,781 of 16,933 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 15,152 Guilderland residents head out of town to work, 1,781 work right here, and 11,253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guilderland.

15,152live here, work elsewhere

1,781live and work here

11,253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guilderland goes to work

Albany8.8 mi away

31%5,165

Colonie9.2 mi away

15%2,567

Guilderland (in town)right here

11%1,781

Schenectady6.9 mi away

5%869

New York141.2 mi away

5%816

Bethlehem10.8 mi away

2%362

East Greenbush15 mi away

2%355

Rotterdam7.7 mi away

2%354

Niskayuna8 mi away

2%332

Troy14.7 mi away

2%298

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%4,034

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

How far

How far Guilderland commutes

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

60%

21%

16%

60%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guilderland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Guilderland are

13,034 jobs are based in Guilderland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Guilderland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Guilderland

13,034 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Guilderland residents hold

16,933 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+6%

Jobs based in Guilderland, 2013 → 2023: 12,345 → 13,034. 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.