Work & commute · Root

Work & commute in Root, NY

Most working residents leave Root for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mohawk (9%), Amsterdam (8%) and Glen (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 721 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

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 705 Root residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Root.

705live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Root goes to work

Mohawk8.9 mi away

9%63

Amsterdam16.4 mi away

8%61

Glen7.9 mi away

8%56

Johnstown12.7 mi away

6%40

Albany37 mi away

5%38

Colonie36.2 mi away

4%26

Gloversville15.9 mi away

3%24

Florida14.9 mi away

3%24

New York153.3 mi away

3%21

Cobleskill11 mi away

3%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%349

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

How far

How far Root commutes

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

20%

36%

28%

17%

20%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Root is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Root are

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

Jobs based in Root

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Root residents hold

721 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−18%

Jobs based in Root, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 133. 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.