How Loudonville works: jobs, income and commuting
The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26. There are 3,100 jobs in Loudonville; 4,899 of its residents have a job. 20% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Loudonville in brief
Commutes from Loudonville are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Loudonville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Loudonville went from 1,737 in 2014 to 3,100 in 2024, +78%. The jobs ↓
Most Loudonville residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Most jobs in Loudonville pay over $40,000 a year
77% of the jobs based in Loudonville pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
31% of Loudonville works in Albany
1,518 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Albany, 3.5 miles away across the town line. That’s 16 times as many as work in Loudonville itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Loudonville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loudonville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,045 commuters (the 20% 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.
Loudonville is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loudonville, 2014 → 2024: 1,737 → 3,100. 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 Loudonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Loudonville commutes
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
31% of working residents work in Albany
Where Loudonville clocks in
31% of workers
24% of workers
5% 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.
Loudonville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 4,780 residents head out to work, 119 work right here, and 2,981 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,700 people are in Loudonville on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
31% of Loudonville works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Loudonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loudonville | – | — | — | 22 min | $142,829 |
| Menands | under 2% | A− | A | 21 min | $80,583 |
| Roessleville | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Latham | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Siena College | under 2% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Albany | 31% | C | A+ | 20 min | $61,986 |
Same-state neighbors only. Roessleville, Latham and Siena College: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Albany. Darker towns draw more of Loudonville’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 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 Loudonville: questions
What is the median household income in Loudonville?
$142,829 (±$22,707) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loudonville?
3.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loudonville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loudonville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (31%, 4 mi), Colonie (24%, 2 mi), New York City (5%, 142 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Loudonville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loudonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loudonville
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.