Work & commute · Harpersfield

Work & commute in Harpersfield, NY

Most working residents leave Harpersfield for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Stamford (12%), New York (7%) and Delhi (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

76 of 520 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 444 Harpersfield residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 314 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harpersfield.

444live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

314work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harpersfield goes to work

Harpersfield (in town)right here

15%76

Stamford7.8 mi away

12%60

New York129.6 mi away

7%34

Delhi16 mi away

5%26

Albany48.5 mi away

4%21

Roxbury12.8 mi away

4%19

Oneonta20.3 mi away

3%17

Oneonta18.5 mi away

2%11

Jefferson5.7 mi away

2%11

Colonie50.8 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%235

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

How far

How far Harpersfield commutes

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

32%

21%

17%

29%

32%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harpersfield is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harpersfield are

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

Jobs based in Harpersfield

390 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Harpersfield residents hold

520 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−12%

Jobs based in Harpersfield, 2013 → 2023: 445 → 390. 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.