Work & commute · Rotterdam

Work & commute in Rotterdam, NY

Most working residents leave Rotterdam for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (19%), Colonie (14%) and Schenectady (14%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,673 of 15,246 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,573 Rotterdam residents head out of town to work, 1,673 work right here, and 6,730 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rotterdam.

13,573live here, work elsewhere

1,673live and work here

6,730work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rotterdam goes to work

Albany14.8 mi away

19%2,824

Colonie12.4 mi away

14%2,178

Schenectady4.4 mi away

14%2,089

Rotterdam (in town)right here

11%1,673

New York148.6 mi away

4%665

Niskayuna7 mi away

4%569

Guilderland7.7 mi away

4%559

Glenville5.4 mi away

3%502

Clifton Park10.1 mi away

2%284

Troy17.9 mi away

2%247

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%3,656

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

How far

How far Rotterdam commutes

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

48%

35%

14%

48%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rotterdam is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rotterdam are

8,403 jobs are based in Rotterdam. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rotterdam’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rotterdam

8,403 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Rotterdam residents hold

15,246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

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Jobs based in Rotterdam, 2013 → 2023: 8,380 → 8,403. 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.