Work & commute · Whitehall

Work & commute in Whitehall, NY

Most working residents leave Whitehall for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Rutland (9%), Glens Falls (5%) and Granville (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

266 of 1,660 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,394 Whitehall residents head out of town to work, 266 work right here, and 453 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitehall.

1,394live here, work elsewhere

266live and work here

453work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitehall goes to work

Whitehall (in town)right here

16%266

Rutland, VT21 mi away

9%146

Glens Falls20.5 mi away

5%88

Granville9 mi away

5%86

Queensbury18.7 mi away

4%69

Rutland, VT22.8 mi away

4%60

Albany63.8 mi away

3%56

Fort Edward23 mi away

3%56

Colonie58.8 mi away

3%51

Castleton, VT13.7 mi away

3%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%731

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

How far

How far Whitehall commutes

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

23%

40%

11%

26%

23%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitehall is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitehall are

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

Jobs based in Whitehall

719 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Whitehall residents hold

1,660 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−5%

Jobs based in Whitehall, 2013 → 2023: 758 → 719. 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.