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Work & commute in Tribes Hill · A commuter town

99% of Tribes Hill’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Tribes Hill for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mohawk (15%), Amsterdam (10%) and Johnstown (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Work in town
1%
2 of 359 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
20 min
Less than NY (33 min)
Work from home
3%
Less than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
22
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Tribes Hill?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

15% of working residents work in Mohawk

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Glens FallsGloversville: 17 residents work here (5%)Johnstown: 27 residents work here (8%)Amsterdam: 36 residents work here (10%)Schenectady: 20 residents work here (6%)SyracuseAlbany: 8 residents work here (2%)New York: 14 residents work here (4%)Amsterdam: 21 residents work here (6%)FloridaGlen: 11 residents work here (3%)WiltonMayfieldPerthPalatineColonie: 15 residents work here (4%)Mohawk: 53 residents work here (15%)Tribes HillMohawkAmsterdamJohnstownAmsterdamSchenectadyGloversvilleTribes Hill
1
Mohawk5.2 mi away
15%53
2
Amsterdam5.5 mi away
10%36
3
Johnstown5.6 mi away
8%27
4
Amsterdam6.7 mi away
6%21
5
Schenectady21.4 mi away
6%20
6
Gloversville7.3 mi away
5%17
7
Colonie29.7 mi away
4%15
8
New York159.1 mi away
4%14
9
Glen4.3 mi away
3%11
10
Albany32.1 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%137
The top trips

Where Tribes Hill clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
150 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Tribes Hill20 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Tribes Hill workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Next door

24% of Tribes Hill works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Mohawk (15%). Darker towns draw more of Tribes Hill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Day and night

Tribes Hill quiets down on a workday

On a workday 357 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.

357live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
20work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night960
Workday620
960live here− 360head out to work+ 20come in to work= 620on a workday

About 620 people are in Tribes Hill on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Tribes Hill commutes less than 8 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMohawk: 15% · 5.2 miAmsterdam: 10% · 5.5 miJohnstown: 8% · 5.6 miAmsterdam: 6% · 6.7 miSchenectady: 6% · 21.4 miGloversville: 5% · 7.3 miColonie: 4% · 29.7 miNew York: 4% · 159.1 miGlen: 3% · 4.3 miAlbany: 2% · 32.1 miMohawk 15%Amsterdam 10%Johnstown 8%Amsterdam 6%Schenectady 6%Tribes Hill
Tribes HillTop destinations (size = commuters)
53%Under 10 mi190 residents
21%10–24 mi76 residents
15%25–50 mi53 residents
11%Over 50 mi39 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 22 jobs in Tribes Hill are

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

Jobs based in Tribes HillJobs Tribes Hill residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms27%20%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices73%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less32%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%23%
Over $3,333 a month36%60%

Who does it

29 or younger0%21%
30 to 5468%53%
55 and older32%25%
−92%

Jobs based in Tribes Hill, 2013 → 2023: 290 → 22. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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