Work & commute · Stillwater

Work & commute in Stillwater, NY

Most working residents leave Stillwater for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (13%), Colonie (11%) and Saratoga (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 841 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 821 Stillwater residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stillwater.

821live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stillwater goes to work

Albany21 mi away

13%112

Colonie16.1 mi away

11%93

Saratoga7.4 mi away

6%52

Clifton Park11.1 mi away

6%51

Saratoga Springs10.9 mi away

6%49

Halfmoon7.5 mi away

5%44

Mechanicville3.9 mi away

5%40

Stillwater3 mi away

5%39

Troy14.7 mi away

3%29

Malta8 mi away

3%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%303

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

How far

How far Stillwater commutes

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

31%

52%

12%

31%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stillwater is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stillwater are

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

Jobs based in Stillwater

112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Stillwater residents hold

841 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−74%

Jobs based in Stillwater, 2013 → 2023: 437 → 112. 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.