Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Fonda draws 1,322 commuters a day, with 5.1 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 20 minutes each way, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S. 1,348 jobs are based in Fonda for 263 working residents. About one in ten work in Fonda itself; outside it, Mohawk draws the most (17%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Fonda, in brief
Fonda fills up on a workday
Fonda has 1,348 jobs, 5.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,800 people are in town, more than double the 690 who live here. Day and night ↓
Fonda and Mohawk trade workers both ways
Mohawk is the top workplace for Fonda residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Fonda come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Fonda are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 263 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Fonda on a workday afternoon
On a workday 237 residents head out to work and 26 work right here.
About 1,800 people are in Fonda on a workday afternoon, 158% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Fonda
Where Fonda clocks in
8% 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.
The trip to work from Fonda: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fonda workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 300 commuters (the 11% 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.
Fonda makes things: 50% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fonda, 2013 → 2023: 889 → 1,348. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fonda’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Fonda goes to work
About 15% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
22% of Fonda works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fonda workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fonda | – | — | — | 20 min | $49,300 |
| Fultonville | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Mohawk | 17% | B+ | C+ | 20 min | $81,473 |
| Glen | 5% | B | B− | 32 min | $83,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fultonville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mohawk. Darker towns draw more of Fonda’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Fonda: questions
What is the median household income in Fonda?
$49,300 (±$9,830) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fonda?
11.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fonda?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fonda work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mohawk (17%, 2 mi), Johnstown (8%, 4 mi), Gloversville (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fonda without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fonda, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fonda
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.