Work & commute · Middlefield

Work & commute in Middlefield, NY

Most working residents leave Middlefield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Otsego (32%), New York (7%) and Cherry Valley (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
37 of 776 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 739 Middlefield residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 249 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middlefield.

739live here, work elsewhere
37live and work here
249work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Middlefield goes to work

OneontaUticaAlbanyNew YorkRoseboomCobleskillWestfordSpringfieldHartwickOtsegoOneontaMiddlefieldMilfordCherry ValleyOtsegoNew YorkCherry ValleyHartwickAlbanyOneontaCobleskillOneontaUticaMiddlefield
1
Otsego6.9 mi away
32%247
2
New York148.3 mi away
7%56
3
Middlefield (in town)right here
5%37
4
Cherry Valley10.3 mi away
3%26
5
Hartwick8.8 mi away
3%24
6
Albany53.8 mi away
3%21
7
Oneonta19.9 mi away
2%17
8
Cobleskill21 mi away
2%17
9
Oneonta22.5 mi away
2%15
10
Utica33.3 mi away
2%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%302

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

How far

How far Middlefield commutes

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

41%Under 10 mi
16%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Middlefield 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 Middlefield are

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

Jobs based in Middlefield

286 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less30%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Middlefield residents hold

776 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)77%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month66%
−4%

Jobs based in Middlefield, 2013 → 2023: 298 → 286. 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.

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