Work & commute · North Greenbush

Work & commute in North Greenbush, NY

Most working residents leave North Greenbush for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (27%), Colonie (13%) and East Greenbush (8%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

339 of 6,411 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,072 North Greenbush residents head out of town to work, 339 work right here, and 3,674 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Greenbush.

6,072live here, work elsewhere

339live and work here

3,674work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Greenbush goes to work

Albany6.5 mi away

27%1,707

Colonie7.4 mi away

13%821

East Greenbush5.1 mi away

8%537

Troy4.2 mi away

7%452

North Greenbush (in town)right here

5%339

New York139.7 mi away

4%263

Schenectady15.7 mi away

2%123

Guilderland14.9 mi away

2%122

Bethlehem10.1 mi away

2%108

Sand Lake7.2 mi away

2%104

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,835

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

How far

How far North Greenbush commutes

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

67%

14%

15%

67%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Greenbush is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Greenbush are

4,013 jobs are based in North Greenbush. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Greenbush’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Greenbush

4,013 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs North Greenbush residents hold

6,411 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+43%

Jobs based in North Greenbush, 2013 → 2023: 2,801 → 4,013. 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.