Work & commute · Watervliet

Work & commute in Watervliet, NY

Most working residents leave Watervliet for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (24%), Colonie (19%) and Troy (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

249 of 4,355 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,106 Watervliet residents head out of town to work, 249 work right here, and 1,531 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Watervliet.

4,106live here, work elsewhere

249live and work here

1,531work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Watervliet goes to work

Albany6.2 mi away

24%1,035

Colonie4.2 mi away

19%831

Troy1.8 mi away

6%277

Watervliet (in town)right here

6%249

New York143 mi away

5%215

Schenectady12.4 mi away

3%112

East Greenbush8.3 mi away

3%110

Guilderland13 mi away

2%89

Cohoes3.3 mi away

2%84

Clifton Park11 mi away

2%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,272

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

How far

How far Watervliet commutes

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

68%

11%

17%

68%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Watervliet is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Watervliet are

1,780 jobs are based in Watervliet. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Watervliet’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Watervliet

1,780 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Watervliet residents hold

4,355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−12%

Jobs based in Watervliet, 2013 → 2023: 2,014 → 1,780. 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.