Work & commute · Richfield

Work & commute in Richfield, NY

Most working residents leave Richfield for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Otsego (12%), New York (9%) and Utica (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

94 of 834 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 740 Richfield residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richfield.

740live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richfield goes to work

Otsego7.7 mi away

12%103

Richfield (in town)right here

11%94

New York161.7 mi away

9%72

Utica19.2 mi away

6%54

New Hartford18.5 mi away

4%37

Albany64.7 mi away

4%34

Herkimer14.7 mi away

4%32

Edmeston14 mi away

2%17

Whitestown24.5 mi away

2%15

Winfield6.8 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%362

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

How far

How far Richfield commutes

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

15%

43%

33%

15%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richfield is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Richfield are

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

Jobs based in Richfield

445 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Richfield residents hold

834 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+8%

Jobs based in Richfield, 2013 → 2023: 413 → 445. 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.