Work & commute · Plainfield

Work & commute in Plainfield, NY

Most working residents leave Plainfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Otsego (12%), Utica (7%) and Edmeston (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 445 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 442 Plainfield residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plainfield.

442live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plainfield goes to work

Otsego12.7 mi away

12%52

Utica18.6 mi away

7%31

Edmeston8 mi away

6%26

New York163 mi away

5%21

Winfield5 mi away

4%18

Albany71.7 mi away

4%16

New Hartford16.5 mi away

3%15

Colonie71.6 mi away

3%13

Norwich26.5 mi away

3%12

Kirkland17.3 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%230

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

How far

How far Plainfield commutes

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

12%

46%

13%

29%

12%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plainfield is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plainfield are

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

Jobs based in Plainfield

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Plainfield residents hold

445 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−43%

Jobs based in Plainfield, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 12. 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.