Work & commute · Windham

Work & commute in Windham, NY

About one in 3 of Windham’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (12%), Hunter (5%) and Hudson (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

187 of 595 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 408 Windham residents head out of town to work, 187 work right here, and 700 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Windham.

408live here, work elsewhere

187live and work here

700work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Windham goes to work

Windham (in town)right here

31%187

New York115.3 mi away

12%72

Hunter11 mi away

5%31

Hudson22.5 mi away

4%22

Albany32.1 mi away

3%20

Colonie36.5 mi away

2%13

Catskill16.1 mi away

2%12

Roxbury15.9 mi away

2%10

Middletown23.7 mi away

2%9

Prattsville10.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%212

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

How far

How far Windham commutes

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

37%

14%

17%

31%

37%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Windham is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Windham are

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

Jobs based in Windham

887 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Windham residents hold

595 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+5%

Jobs based in Windham, 2013 → 2023: 845 → 887. 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.