Work & commute · Niskayuna

Work & commute in Niskayuna, NY

Most working residents leave Niskayuna for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (20%), Colonie (15%) and Schenectady (14%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,238 of 10,583 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,345 Niskayuna residents head out of town to work, 1,238 work right here, and 9,236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Niskayuna.

9,345live here, work elsewhere

1,238live and work here

9,236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Niskayuna goes to work

Albany10.2 mi away

20%2,066

Colonie6.2 mi away

15%1,598

Schenectady2.7 mi away

14%1,528

Niskayuna (in town)right here

12%1,238

New York147.9 mi away

5%497

Troy11.1 mi away

3%277

Guilderland8 mi away

2%246

Clifton Park4.6 mi away

2%240

Glenville8.3 mi away

2%199

East Greenbush16.3 mi away

2%179

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%2,515

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

How far

How far Niskayuna commutes

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

58%

25%

15%

58%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Niskayuna is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Niskayuna are

10,474 jobs are based in Niskayuna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Niskayuna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Niskayuna

10,474 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Niskayuna residents hold

10,583 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−15%

Jobs based in Niskayuna, 2013 → 2023: 12,322 → 10,474. 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.