Photo: Peter Flass · CC BY 3.0Unemployment in Malta (1.0%) is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Malta is better than 91% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (C+). About one in ten stay in Malta for work; outside it, Albany is the main destination (12%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Malta
Malta trades workers with the towns around it
Malta has about as many jobs (6,916) as working residents (8,010), but they are mostly different people: 7,338 residents leave for work each day while 6,244 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Malta are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Malta makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Malta are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Malta residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 13%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Malta are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 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.
Inside Malta’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Malta could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Malta on a workday afternoon
On a workday 7,338 residents head out to work, 672 work right here, and 6,244 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 51% of the jobs in Malta
6,916 jobs are based in Malta.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Malta, 2013 → 2023: 7,656 → 6,916. 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 Malta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Malta: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Malta workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,071 commuters (the 16% 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.
Where Malta goes to work
Where Malta clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
How far Malta’s workers travel
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.
For most of Malta, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,636 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% 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). 4.2% of Malta households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Malta’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Malta is 339th of 2,103 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 24,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Garden City NY | 23,043 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 337 | Center Township IN | 15,848 | $97K | 3.8% | 2.4% | 16% | A |
| 338 | Gorham ME | 19,239 | $112K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 13% | A |
| 339 | Malta NY | 17,516 | $110K | 7.0% | 1.0% | 8% | A |
| 340 | North Strabane Township PA | 17,433 | $103K | 4.1% | 2.8% | 8% | A |
| 341 | Watertown CT | 22,526 | $102K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,103 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Malta, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 24% of Malta’s workers
The biggest share goes to Saratoga Springs (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Malta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | – | A | C+ | 25 min | $110,425 |
| Saratoga Springs | 9% | A− | A+ | 27 min | $105,944 |
| Stillwater | under 3% | B | C | 29 min | $105,380 |
| Halfmoon | 3% | A− | B− | 24 min | $100,712 |
| Clifton Park | 7% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $133,359 |
| Saratoga | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $101,313 |
| Ballston | 5% | A | B | 27 min | $116,161 |
| Country Knolls | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Round Lake | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| North Ballston Spa | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Country Knolls and North Ballston Spa: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Round Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Malta’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 Malta: questions
What is the median household income in Malta?
$110,425 (±$11,654) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Malta?
7.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Malta?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Malta work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (12%, 22 mi), Colonie (11%, 17 mi), Saratoga Springs (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Malta walkable?
Malta is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Malta without a car?
<1% 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 Malta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Malta
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.