Work & commute · Northumberland

Work & commute in Northumberland, NY

Most working residents leave Northumberland for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Saratoga Springs (15%), Wilton (7%) and Albany (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

109 of 2,427 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,318 Northumberland residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 492 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northumberland.

2,318live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

492work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northumberland goes to work

Saratoga Springs10 mi away

15%370

Wilton5 mi away

7%174

Albany35.4 mi away

6%148

Queensbury14.4 mi away

6%144

Glens Falls10.3 mi away

6%134

Colonie30.2 mi away

5%126

Northumberland (in town)right here

4%109

Moreau6.2 mi away

4%98

Saratoga7.5 mi away

4%93

Clifton Park23.1 mi away

3%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%959

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

How far

How far Northumberland commutes

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

35%

30%

20%

14%

35%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northumberland is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northumberland are

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

Jobs based in Northumberland

601 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Northumberland residents hold

2,427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+43%

Jobs based in Northumberland, 2013 → 2023: 420 → 601. 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.