Work & commute · Pittsfield

Work & commute in Pittsfield, NY

Most working residents leave Pittsfield for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Otsego (12%), Edmeston (10%) and New York (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 615 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 599 Pittsfield residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pittsfield.

599live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pittsfield goes to work

Otsego17.9 mi away

12%72

Edmeston6.9 mi away

10%59

New York151.7 mi away

7%41

Norwich13.8 mi away

5%31

Norwich14.6 mi away

5%28

New Berlin7.6 mi away

4%24

Oneonta15.3 mi away

4%23

Oneonta16 mi away

4%23

Pittsfield (in town)right here

3%16

Butternuts11 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%284

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

How far

How far Pittsfield commutes

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

22%

42%

11%

26%

22%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pittsfield is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pittsfield are

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

Jobs based in Pittsfield

144 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Pittsfield residents hold

615 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+95%

Jobs based in Pittsfield, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 144. 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.