Work & commute · Rensselaerville

Work & commute in Rensselaerville, NY

Most working residents leave Rensselaerville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (17%), Colonie (8%) and Greenville (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 686 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 658 Rensselaerville residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rensselaerville.

658live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rensselaerville goes to work

Albany23.2 mi away

17%117

Colonie26.9 mi away

8%57

Greenville10.1 mi away

8%55

New York126.1 mi away

6%41

Rensselaerville (in town)right here

4%28

Durham7.4 mi away

4%27

Bethlehem19.3 mi away

4%25

Cairo15 mi away

3%21

Westerlo6.7 mi away

3%21

Guilderland19.2 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%279

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

How far

How far Rensselaerville commutes

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

17%

39%

22%

17%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rensselaerville is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rensselaerville are

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

Jobs based in Rensselaerville

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Rensselaerville residents hold

686 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−41%

Jobs based in Rensselaerville, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 75. 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.