Bullard Block · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Saratoga has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Saratoga report 1,279 jobs; 2,591 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Saratoga B+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Saratoga in brief
Commutes from Saratoga 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 ↓
Saratoga has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Saratoga went from 929 in 2014 to 1,279 in 2024, +38%. The jobs ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Saratoga
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Saratoga is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #291 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Saratoga’s grade up ($101,313, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Saratoga could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How long Saratoga spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saratoga workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,574 commuters (the 15% 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.
The kinds of work in Saratoga
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saratoga, 2014 → 2024: 929 → 1,279. 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 Saratoga’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Saratoga, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,356 residents head out to work, 235 work right here, and 1,044 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Saratoga on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2024, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Saratoga Springs
Where Saratoga clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Saratoga
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.
Most of Saratoga commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Saratoga is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #562 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,030 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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 Saratoga households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Saratoga’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Saratoga ranks: 1,335th of 3,432 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,333 | Silverton OH | 4,887 | $72K | 14.2% | 2.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,334 | Newport MN | 5,525 | $72K | 9.4% | 4.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,335 | Saratoga NY | 5,859 | $101K | 6.6% | 4.2% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,336 | Sunnyside CA | 4,639 | $114K | 8.8% | 6.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,337 | Trinity NC | 7,274 | $83K | 11.6% | 3.2% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 3% | 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 Saratoga, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 19% of Saratoga’s workers
The biggest share goes to Saratoga Springs (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Saratoga workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saratoga | – | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $101,313 |
| Easton | under 3% | A− | C− | 30 min | $85,625 |
| Saratoga Springs | 16% | A− | A+ | 27 min | $105,944 |
| Stillwater | under 3% | B | C | 29 min | $105,380 |
| Malta | 3% | A | C+ | 25 min | $110,425 |
| Schuylerville | under 3% | B− | A | 26 min | $86,765 |
| Northumberland | under 3% | B− | D | 24 min | $91,178 |
| Greenwich | under 3% | B | C+ | 32 min | $73,537 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Saratoga’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 Saratoga: questions
What is the median household income in Saratoga?
$101,313 (±$13,095) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saratoga?
6.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saratoga?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saratoga work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saratoga Springs (16%, 7 mi), Albany (8%, 28 mi), Colonie (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Saratoga walkable?
Saratoga is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Saratoga 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 Saratoga, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saratoga
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. 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.