Work & commute · Nassau

Work & commute in Nassau, NY

Most working residents leave Nassau for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (22%), Colonie (14%) and East Greenbush (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 539 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 526 Nassau residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nassau.

526live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nassau goes to work

Albany14.2 mi away

22%116

Colonie18 mi away

14%78

East Greenbush7.8 mi away

10%53

Schodack3.9 mi away

7%38

New York129 mi away

4%22

Nassau4.1 mi away

3%14

Bethlehem12.1 mi away

2%12

Guilderland22.3 mi away

2%11

Rensselaer11.1 mi away

2%10

Schenectady25.6 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%175

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

How far

How far Nassau commutes

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

22%

56%

15%

22%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nassau is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nassau are

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

Jobs based in Nassau

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Nassau residents hold

539 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−39%

Jobs based in Nassau, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 104. 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.