Work & commute · Mohawk

Work & commute in Mohawk, NY

Most working residents leave Mohawk for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Utica (14%), Herkimer (12%) and German Flatts (12%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 1,140 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,090 Mohawk residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 353 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mohawk.

1,090live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

353work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mohawk goes to work

Utica12.6 mi away

14%158

Herkimer3.6 mi away

12%142

German Flatts2.6 mi away

12%142

New Hartford14.3 mi away

7%80

Whitestown18.8 mi away

4%44

Frankfort6.9 mi away

4%41

Little Falls8 mi away

3%30

Syracuse57.4 mi away

2%28

New York171.2 mi away

2%27

Marcy17.3 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%422

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

How far

How far Mohawk commutes

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

32%

35%

24%

32%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mohawk is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mohawk are

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

Jobs based in Mohawk

403 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Mohawk residents hold

1,140 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−4%

Jobs based in Mohawk, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 403. 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.