Work & commute · Santa Clara

Work & commute in Santa Clara, NY

Most working residents leave Santa Clara for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Waverly (16%), North Elba (12%) and Harrietstown (11%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 116 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 111 Santa Clara residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santa Clara.

111live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santa Clara goes to work

Waverly9.2 mi away

16%18

North Elba25.5 mi away

12%14

Harrietstown20.8 mi away

11%13

Malone19.4 mi away

9%11

Santa Clara (in town)right here

4%5

Potsdam35 mi away

4%5

Canton42.1 mi away

4%5

Massena39.6 mi away

4%5

Albany129.7 mi away

3%3

Saratoga Springs103 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%34

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

How far

How far Santa Clara commutes

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

16%

20%

42%

22%

16%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santa Clara is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Santa Clara are

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

Jobs based in Santa Clara

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Santa Clara residents hold

116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+40%

Jobs based in Santa Clara, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 84. 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.