Work & commute · Halfmoon

Work & commute in Halfmoon, NY

Most working residents leave Halfmoon for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (16%), Colonie (14%) and Clifton Park (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

765 of 11,707 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 10,942 Halfmoon residents head out of town to work, 765 work right here, and 7,152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Halfmoon.

10,942live here, work elsewhere

765live and work here

7,152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Halfmoon goes to work

Albany13.9 mi away

16%1,918

Colonie8.8 mi away

14%1,679

Clifton Park4.7 mi away

10%1,121

Halfmoon (in town)right here

7%765

New York152.3 mi away

4%523

Saratoga Springs14.5 mi away

4%513

Schenectady10.7 mi away

4%478

Malta8.9 mi away

3%373

Troy9.1 mi away

3%351

Niskayuna8.3 mi away

2%283

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%3,703

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

How far

How far Halfmoon commutes

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

41%

40%

15%

41%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Halfmoon is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Halfmoon are

7,917 jobs are based in Halfmoon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Halfmoon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Halfmoon

7,917 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Halfmoon residents hold

11,707 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+23%

Jobs based in Halfmoon, 2013 → 2023: 6,441 → 7,917. 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.