Work & commute · Hartwick

Work & commute in Hartwick, NY

Most working residents leave Hartwick for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Otsego (31%), New York (6%) and Oneonta (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

75 of 880 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 805 Hartwick residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 545 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hartwick.

805live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

545work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hartwick goes to work

Otsego8.3 mi away

31%276

Hartwick (in town)right here

9%75

New York147.8 mi away

6%53

Oneonta13.4 mi away

5%43

Oneonta15.8 mi away

4%32

Milford7.1 mi away

4%31

Albany61.8 mi away

3%22

Middlefield8.8 mi away

2%19

Utica32.9 mi away

2%18

Cherry Valley18.7 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%298

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

How far

How far Hartwick commutes

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

45%

16%

13%

26%

45%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hartwick is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hartwick are

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

Jobs based in Hartwick

620 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Hartwick residents hold

880 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+19%

Jobs based in Hartwick, 2013 → 2023: 521 → 620. 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.