Work & commute · Walton

Work & commute in Walton, NY

About one in 4 of Walton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Walton (27%), Delhi (16%) and New York (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

295 of 1,176 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 881 Walton residents head out of town to work, 295 work right here, and 948 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walton.

881live here, work elsewhere

295live and work here

948work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walton goes to work

Walton0.3 mi away

27%316

Delhi13.4 mi away

16%193

New York121.1 mi away

5%56

Hamden8 mi away

3%38

Sidney12 mi away

3%38

Albany76.1 mi away

3%37

Oneonta17.7 mi away

2%28

Oneonta20 mi away

2%25

Colonie79 mi away

2%20

Colchester12.8 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%407

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

How far

How far Walton commutes

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

33%

27%

10%

29%

33%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Walton are

1,243 jobs are based in Walton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walton

1,243 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Walton residents hold

1,176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−3%

Jobs based in Walton, 2013 → 2023: 1,287 → 1,243. 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.