Work & commute · Malta

Work & commute in Malta, NY

Most working residents leave Malta for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (12%), Colonie (11%) and Saratoga Springs (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

672 of 8,010 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,338 Malta residents head out of town to work, 672 work right here, and 6,244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Malta.

7,338live here, work elsewhere

672live and work here

6,244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Malta goes to work

Albany21.9 mi away

12%979

Colonie16.7 mi away

11%848

Saratoga Springs5.9 mi away

9%732

Malta (in town)right here

8%672

Clifton Park8.7 mi away

7%593

New York160.5 mi away

5%369

Ballston5.4 mi away

5%366

Schenectady14.2 mi away

4%319

Halfmoon8.9 mi away

3%245

Milton7.2 mi away

3%220

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,667

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

How far

How far Malta commutes

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

36%

44%

15%

36%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Malta is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Malta are

6,916 jobs are based in Malta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Malta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Malta

6,916 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Malta residents hold

8,010 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−10%

Jobs based in Malta, 2013 → 2023: 7,656 → 6,916. 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.