Work & commute · Scotia

Work & commute in Scotia, NY

Most working residents leave Scotia for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Schenectady (16%), Albany (16%) and Glenville (12%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

118 of 3,455 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,337 Scotia residents head out of town to work, 118 work right here, and 843 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scotia.

3,337live here, work elsewhere

118live and work here

843work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scotia goes to work

Schenectady2.6 mi away

16%560

Albany14.1 mi away

16%541

Glenville4.1 mi away

12%401

Colonie10.8 mi away

11%383

New York149.9 mi away

5%163

Niskayuna4.8 mi away

4%124

Rotterdam3 mi away

3%112

Clifton Park7.2 mi away

3%97

Guilderland8.7 mi away

3%91

Saratoga Springs18.7 mi away

2%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%913

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

How far

How far Scotia commutes

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

43%

40%

15%

43%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scotia is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scotia are

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

Jobs based in Scotia

961 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Scotia residents hold

3,455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−29%

Jobs based in Scotia, 2013 → 2023: 1,362 → 961. 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.