Work & commute · Herkimer

Work & commute in Herkimer, NY

About one in 5 of Herkimer’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Utica (12%), German Flatts (6%) and New Hartford (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

765 of 3,727 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,962 Herkimer residents head out of town to work, 765 work right here, and 3,646 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Herkimer.

2,962live here, work elsewhere

765live and work here

3,646work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Herkimer goes to work

Herkimer (in town)right here

21%765

Utica11.5 mi away

12%446

German Flatts5.7 mi away

6%241

New Hartford14 mi away

5%201

New York174.6 mi away

4%151

Frankfort6.9 mi away

4%151

Whitestown17.5 mi away

3%96

Syracuse57.5 mi away

2%83

Albany66.9 mi away

2%82

Little Falls7.5 mi away

2%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,434

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

How far

How far Herkimer commutes

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

35%

28%

29%

35%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Herkimer is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Herkimer are

4,411 jobs are based in Herkimer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Herkimer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Herkimer

4,411 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Herkimer residents hold

3,727 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−7%

Jobs based in Herkimer, 2013 → 2023: 4,755 → 4,411. 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.