Work & commute · Petersburgh

Work & commute in Petersburgh, NY

Most working residents leave Petersburgh for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Bennington (10%), Colonie (7%) and Hoosick (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

63 of 598 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 535 Petersburgh residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Petersburgh.

535live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Petersburgh goes to work

Petersburgh (in town)right here

11%63

Bennington, VT9.4 mi away

10%57

Colonie23.5 mi away

7%39

Hoosick6.9 mi away

6%37

Albany25.1 mi away

6%36

New York149.6 mi away

6%36

Berlin8.5 mi away

5%30

Troy17.9 mi away

4%23

Williamstown, MA7.8 mi away

3%19

East Greenbush22.4 mi away

3%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%239

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

How far

How far Petersburgh commutes

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

27%

44%

13%

16%

27%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Petersburgh is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Petersburgh are

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

Jobs based in Petersburgh

221 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Petersburgh residents hold

598 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+3%

Jobs based in Petersburgh, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 221. 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.