Work & commute · Westford

Work & commute in Westford, NY

Most working residents leave Westford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Otsego (17%), New York (6%) and Cobleskill (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 366 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 362 Westford residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westford.

362live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westford goes to work

Otsego10.5 mi away

17%64

New York144.5 mi away

6%23

Cobleskill19.7 mi away

5%18

Oneonta18 mi away

4%16

Albany52.2 mi away

4%14

Oneonta20.7 mi away

4%13

Utica37.1 mi away

2%9

Middlefield3.8 mi away

2%9

Milford10.4 mi away

2%9

Roseboom8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%183

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

How far

How far Westford commutes

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

28%

25%

16%

31%

28%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westford is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westford are

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

Jobs based in Westford

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Westford residents hold

366 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+20%

Jobs based in Westford, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 12. 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.