98% of Loudonville’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Loudonville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (33%), Colonie (24%) and New York (5%). Half commute less than 4 miles.
The short version on getting to work from Loudonville
Commutes from Loudonville are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Loudonville residents work close to home
74% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Loudonville
73% of Loudonville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 51% of the jobs based in Loudonville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
One in three of Loudonville works in Albany
1,663 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Albany, 3.5 miles away across the town line. That’s 17 times as many as work in Loudonville itself. The commute map ↓
Loudonville is a place people come home to
There are 1,362 jobs based in Loudonville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Loudonville has about 6,900 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loudonville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Half of Loudonville commutes less than 4 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 1,362 jobs in Loudonville are
1,362 jobs are based in Loudonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Loudonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loudonville, 2013 → 2023: 1,847 → 1,362. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
33% of working residents work in Albany
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Loudonville clocks in
33% of workers
24% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Loudonville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 4,955 residents head out to work, 78 work right here, and 1,284 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,900 people are in Loudonville on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.27 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
33% of Loudonville works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Albany (33%). Darker towns draw more of Loudonville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Loudonville
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loudonville, from the people who make the trip.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.