Work & commute · Herkimer

Work & commute in Herkimer, NY

Most working residents leave Herkimer for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Herkimer (20%), Utica (13%) and German Flatts (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

444 of 2,660 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,216 Herkimer residents head out of town to work, 444 work right here, and 2,966 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Herkimer.

2,216live here, work elsewhere

444live and work here

2,966work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Herkimer goes to work

Herkimer2.4 mi away

20%534

Utica12.7 mi away

13%337

German Flatts3.3 mi away

7%178

New Hartford14.7 mi away

5%135

Frankfort7.3 mi away

4%117

New York172.2 mi away

4%111

Whitestown18.8 mi away

2%66

Albany65.5 mi away

2%58

Syracuse58.1 mi away

2%51

Rome28.5 mi away

2%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,027

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.

34%

27%

30%

34%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Herkimer is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Herkimer are

3,410 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

3,410 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Herkimer residents hold

2,660 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−12%

Jobs based in Herkimer, 2013 → 2023: 3,891 → 3,410. 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.