There are 1.8 jobs in Laurens for every working resident, and 140 people commute in
For 6% of workers, the job is at home (New York 15%). Laurens has 147 jobs for 80 working residents. About one in ten work in Laurens; the top destination outside it is Oneonta (15%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Laurens on a workday
On a workday 73 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 280 people are in Laurens on a workday afternoon, 31% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 Laurens
Where Laurens clocks in
15% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laurens, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 147. 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 Laurens’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Laurens takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laurens workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 104 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.
How far it is to work from Laurens
About 28% 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.
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 Laurens: questions
What is the median household income in Laurens?
$74,583 (±$35,376) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laurens?
11.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laurens?
19 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laurens work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oneonta (15%, 5 mi), Otsego (13%, 17 mi), Laurens (11%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Laurens without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laurens, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laurens
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.