Work & commute · Schaghticoke

Work & commute in Schaghticoke, NY

Most working residents leave Schaghticoke for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (19%), Colonie (10%) and Schaghticoke (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 293 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 285 Schaghticoke residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Schaghticoke.

285live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Schaghticoke goes to work

Albany19.4 mi away

19%56

Colonie14.9 mi away

10%30

Schaghticoke1.6 mi away

6%19

Clifton Park12.2 mi away

6%17

New York155.7 mi away

5%16

Mechanicville5 mi away

5%15

Halfmoon7.7 mi away

5%15

Troy12.2 mi away

5%14

Schenectady18.4 mi away

2%7

Malta11.5 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%97

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

How far

How far Schaghticoke commutes

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

25%

57%

15%

25%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Schaghticoke is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Schaghticoke are

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

Jobs based in Schaghticoke

359 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Schaghticoke residents hold

293 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+14%

Jobs based in Schaghticoke, 2013 → 2023: 314 → 359. 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.