Work & commute · Kirkland

Work & commute in Kirkland, NY

About one in 5 of Kirkland’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Utica (15%), New Hartford (12%) and Rome (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

810 of 4,111 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 3,301 Kirkland residents head out of town to work, 810 work right here, and 3,261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kirkland.

3,301live here, work elsewhere

810live and work here

3,261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kirkland goes to work

Kirkland (in town)right here

20%810

Utica9 mi away

15%625

New Hartford5.4 mi away

12%473

Rome14.1 mi away

4%166

Whitestown7.3 mi away

4%158

New York180.1 mi away

3%142

Syracuse38.3 mi away

3%128

Albany84.3 mi away

2%90

DeWitt34.7 mi away

2%78

Hamilton17.7 mi away

2%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,364

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

How far

How far Kirkland commutes

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

54%

14%

11%

21%

54%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kirkland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kirkland are

4,071 jobs are based in Kirkland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kirkland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kirkland

4,071 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Kirkland residents hold

4,111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+89%

Jobs based in Kirkland, 2013 → 2023: 2,155 → 4,071. 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.