Work & commute · Mechanicville

Work & commute in Mechanicville, NY

Most working residents leave Mechanicville for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Colonie (13%), Albany (12%) and Clifton Park (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

234 of 2,445 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,211 Mechanicville residents head out of town to work, 234 work right here, and 1,360 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mechanicville.

2,211live here, work elsewhere

234live and work here

1,360work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mechanicville goes to work

Colonie12.3 mi away

13%317

Albany17.4 mi away

12%298

Mechanicville (in town)right here

10%234

Clifton Park7.5 mi away

7%169

Halfmoon3.7 mi away

5%122

Saratoga Springs12.2 mi away

5%111

Schenectady13.9 mi away

3%83

Malta7.4 mi away

3%81

New York155.4 mi away

3%77

Troy11.7 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%899

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

How far

How far Mechanicville commutes

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

31%

49%

14%

31%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mechanicville is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mechanicville are

1,594 jobs are based in Mechanicville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mechanicville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mechanicville

1,594 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Mechanicville residents hold

2,445 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+20%

Jobs based in Mechanicville, 2013 → 2023: 1,328 → 1,594. 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.