Work & commute · Laurens

Work & commute in Laurens, NY

Most working residents leave Laurens for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Oneonta (14%), Otsego (12%) and Oneonta (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65 of 947 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 882 Laurens residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 281 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laurens.

882live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

281work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laurens goes to work

Oneonta6.2 mi away

14%136

Otsego17.3 mi away

12%109

Oneonta7.7 mi away

9%87

New York143 mi away

8%73

Laurens (in town)right here

7%65

Milford7.1 mi away

3%25

Albany67.7 mi away

3%24

Utica39.1 mi away

2%15

Norwich20.6 mi away

1%14

Colonie69.1 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%385

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

How far

How far Laurens commutes

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

35%

23%

11%

31%

35%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laurens is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laurens are

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

Jobs based in Laurens

346 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Laurens residents hold

947 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+13%

Jobs based in Laurens, 2013 → 2023: 307 → 346. 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.