Work & commute · Poestenkill

Work & commute in Poestenkill, NY

Most working residents leave Poestenkill for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (21%), Colonie (12%) and Troy (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

89 of 2,056 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,967 Poestenkill residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poestenkill.

1,967live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poestenkill goes to work

Albany14.2 mi away

21%431

Colonie13.7 mi away

12%244

Troy8.1 mi away

8%171

East Greenbush11.2 mi away

7%135

Sand Lake4.9 mi away

5%110

Poestenkill (in town)right here

4%89

New York142.4 mi away

4%80

North Greenbush7.8 mi away

4%74

Brunswick4.5 mi away

2%43

Guilderland22.3 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%642

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

How far

How far Poestenkill commutes

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

43%

38%

16%

43%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poestenkill is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Poestenkill are

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

Jobs based in Poestenkill

261 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Poestenkill residents hold

2,056 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+13%

Jobs based in Poestenkill, 2013 → 2023: 232 → 261. 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.