Work & commute · Hancock

Work & commute in Hancock, NY

About one in 4 of Hancock’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (7%), Colchester (4%) and Delhi (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

241 of 869 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 628 Hancock residents head out of town to work, 241 work right here, and 543 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hancock.

628live here, work elsewhere

241live and work here

543work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hancock goes to work

Hancock (in town)right here

28%241

New York110.4 mi away

7%62

Colchester13.1 mi away

4%35

Delhi25.9 mi away

4%33

Walton15.1 mi away

4%31

Deposit13.4 mi away

3%26

Albany86 mi away

3%23

Colonie89.5 mi away

2%18

Delaware17 mi away

2%18

Thompson33.9 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%370

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

How far

How far Hancock commutes

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

28%

22%

16%

34%

28%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hancock is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hancock are

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

Jobs based in Hancock

784 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Hancock residents hold

869 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+1%

Jobs based in Hancock, 2013 → 2023: 775 → 784. 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.