Work & commute · Saratoga

Work & commute in Saratoga, NY

Most working residents leave Saratoga for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Saratoga Springs (16%), Albany (7%) and Colonie (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

238 of 2,607 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,369 Saratoga residents head out of town to work, 238 work right here, and 1,044 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saratoga.

2,369live here, work elsewhere

238live and work here

1,044work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saratoga goes to work

Saratoga Springs6.8 mi away

16%408

Saratoga (in town)right here

9%238

Albany28 mi away

7%170

Colonie22.8 mi away

6%157

Wilton8 mi away

6%145

Clifton Park16.3 mi away

4%96

Malta8.9 mi away

3%88

Queensbury21.7 mi away

3%84

New York165.9 mi away

3%78

Glens Falls17.8 mi away

3%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,076

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

How far

How far Saratoga commutes

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

32%

37%

17%

15%

32%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saratoga is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saratoga are

1,282 jobs are based in Saratoga. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saratoga’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Saratoga

1,282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Saratoga residents hold

2,607 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+46%

Jobs based in Saratoga, 2013 → 2023: 879 → 1,282. 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.