Work & commute · Queensbury

Work & commute in Queensbury, NY

About one in 5 of Queensbury’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Glens Falls (16%), Saratoga Springs (5%) and Moreau (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

2,752 of 12,283 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 9,531 Queensbury residents head out of town to work, 2,752 work right here, and 10,757 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Queensbury.

9,531live here, work elsewhere

2,752live and work here

10,757work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Queensbury goes to work

Queensbury (in town)right here

22%2,752

Glens Falls4.2 mi away

16%2,024

Saratoga Springs21.4 mi away

5%645

Moreau8.4 mi away

4%468

Wilton15.1 mi away

4%442

Colonie43.7 mi away

4%434

Albany48.9 mi away

3%416

Lake George5.2 mi away

3%380

Kingsbury6.6 mi away

3%368

New York187.4 mi away

3%342

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%4,012

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

How far

How far Queensbury commutes

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

51%

15%

17%

51%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Queensbury is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Queensbury are

13,509 jobs are based in Queensbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Queensbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Queensbury

13,509 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Queensbury residents hold

12,283 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+8%

Jobs based in Queensbury, 2013 → 2023: 12,464 → 13,509. 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.