Work & commute · Sharon

Work & commute in Sharon, NY

Most working residents leave Sharon for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Cobleskill (17%), New York (8%) and Schoharie (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 587 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 544 Sharon residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 775 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sharon.

544live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

775work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sharon goes to work

Cobleskill10.7 mi away

17%102

New York150.2 mi away

8%48

Sharon (in town)right here

7%43

Schoharie16.7 mi away

6%35

Albany42.1 mi away

5%30

Colonie42 mi away

3%17

Binghamton80.9 mi away

2%13

Guilderland33.4 mi away

2%12

Richmondville10.1 mi away

2%11

Otsego17.8 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%265

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

How far

How far Sharon commutes

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

20%

28%

24%

27%

20%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sharon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sharon are

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

Jobs based in Sharon

818 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities70%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Sharon residents hold

587 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−11%

Jobs based in Sharon, 2013 → 2023: 924 → 818. 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.