Work & commute · Stephentown

Work & commute in Stephentown, NY

Most working residents leave Stephentown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (12%), Pittsfield (7%) and Colonie (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 1,209 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,138 Stephentown residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stephentown.

1,138live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stephentown goes to work

Albany21.2 mi away

12%141

Pittsfield, MA10.4 mi away

7%90

Colonie23 mi away

7%88

Stephentown (in town)right here

6%71

New York133.5 mi away

5%62

East Greenbush15.1 mi away

5%60

New Lebanon6.1 mi away

5%59

Berlin7.5 mi away

4%50

Hancock, MA5.1 mi away

3%34

Schodack14 mi away

3%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%520

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

How far

How far Stephentown commutes

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

21%

52%

10%

17%

21%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stephentown is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stephentown are

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

Jobs based in Stephentown

225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Stephentown residents hold

1,209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+25%

Jobs based in Stephentown, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 225. 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.