Most of Greenfield commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
24% of workers have no commute at all, where New York as a whole has 15%. There are 918 jobs in Greenfield; 3,605 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Greenfield are B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Greenfield: the figures worth knowing
A lot of Greenfield works one town over
35% of working residents work in a town that borders Greenfield: Saratoga Springs (26%), Wilton (6%) and Milton (3%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Greenfield are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Greenfield is a place people come home to
There are 918 jobs based in Greenfield, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Greenfield has about 5,400 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Greenfield works from home
24% of Greenfield workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Greenfield has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Greenfield went from 627 in 2013 to 918 in 2023, +46%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Greenfield earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greenfield is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #410 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Greenfield’s grade up ($85,773, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greenfield could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The daily trip from Greenfield: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,874 commuters (the 24% 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.
In and out of Greenfield on a workday
On a workday 3,439 residents head out to work, 166 work right here, and 752 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,400 people are in Greenfield on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer 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.
Jobs in Greenfield: what the 918 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenfield, 2013 → 2023: 627 → 918. 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 Greenfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
26% of working residents work in Saratoga Springs
Where Greenfield clocks in
26% of workers
6% 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.
Half of Greenfield commutes less than 15 miles
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.
Getting around Greenfield: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenfield is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #684 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,772 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.3% of Greenfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,600 to 10,900, Greenfield ranks 1,749th of 3,049 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,747 | Hutchins TX | 8,206 | $48K | 18.9% | 2.5% | 4% | B− |
| 1,748 | Clay Township MI | 8,268 | $87K | 8.6% | 4.6% | 7% | B− |
| 1,749 | Greenfield NY | 8,067 | $86K | 15.6% | 3.4% | 5% | B− |
| 1,750 | St. Augustine Beach FL | 6,810 | $101K | 8.1% | 6.7% | 10% | B− |
| 1,751 | Pennfield Township MI | 8,681 | $66K | 9.9% | 3.8% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,049 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Greenfield, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
35% of Greenfield works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Saratoga Springs (26%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield | – | B− | C− | 24 min | $85,773 |
| Saratoga Springs | 26% | A− | A+ | 27 min | $105,944 |
| Milton | 3% | B+ | B | 25 min | $100,322 |
| Corinth | under 3% | C | B− | 25 min | $83,223 |
| Wilton | 6% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $98,854 |
| Providence | under 3% | B− | D− | 32 min | $92,574 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greenfield’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 Greenfield: questions
What is the median household income in Greenfield?
$85,773 (±$18,291) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenfield?
15.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenfield?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenfield work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saratoga Springs (26%, 7 mi), Albany (6%, 33 mi), Wilton (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greenfield walkable?
Greenfield is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenfield
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.