Photo: Novis-M · Public domainA job hub: Bolton Landing has 2.6 jobs per working resident, and 416 people come in to work
5% of workers have no commute at all, next to 15% for New York as a whole. 455 jobs are based in Bolton Landing, against 174 working residents. About one in five work in Bolton Landing; the top destination outside it is Bolton (29%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bolton Landing by day and by night
On a workday 135 residents head out to work and 39 work right here.
About 500 people are in Bolton Landing on a workday afternoon, 130% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Bolton Landing, and from where
Where Bolton Landing clocks in
29% of workers
8% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Bolton Landing, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bolton Landing, 2014 → 2024: 585 → 455. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bolton Landing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Bolton Landing spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bolton Landing workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 141 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Bolton Landing, by distance
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bolton Landing: questions
What is the median household income in Bolton Landing?
$94,438 (±$32,243) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bolton Landing?
2.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bolton Landing?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bolton Landing work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bolton (29%, 1 mi), Queensbury (8%, 14 mi), Glens Falls (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bolton Landing without a car?
24% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bolton Landing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bolton Landing
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.