Photo: JB82 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Stillwater commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 177 jobs in Stillwater; 938 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Stillwater is better than 63% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (B). Only 3% work in Stillwater itself; outside it, Albany draws the most (13%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Stillwater apart on work
Fewer jobs are based in Stillwater than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Stillwater fell from 472 in 2014 to 177 in 2024, −63%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Stillwater is a place people come home to
There are 177 jobs based in Stillwater, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stillwater has about 990 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 938 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Stillwater earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($90,060, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stillwater could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Services make up most of the work in Stillwater
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stillwater, 2014 → 2024: 472 → 177. 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 Stillwater’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Stillwater, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 907 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Stillwater on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
The towns that employ Stillwater’s residents
Where Stillwater clocks in
13% of workers
11% 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Stillwater
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stillwater workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 899 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Stillwater
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 trips from Stillwater start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,058 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). 6.3% of Stillwater households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stillwater’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Stillwater is 1,551st of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,549 | Hanover Township PA | 2,382 | $82K | 8.3% | 3.3% | 5% | B |
| 1,550 | Landover Hills MD | 1,811 | $93K | 7.8% | 10.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,551 | Stillwater NY | 1,751 | $90K | 8.0% | 4.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,552 | Elgin SC | 1,675 | $92K | 4.2% | 7.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,553 | Spencer WI | 1,809 | $70K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 9% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Stillwater, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Stillwater
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stillwater workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater | – | B | B | 30 min | $90,060 |
| Easton | under 4% | A− | C− | 30 min | $85,625 |
| Schaghticoke | under 4% | A | C− | 27 min | $107,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stillwater’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 Stillwater: questions
What is the median household income in Stillwater?
$90,060 (±$10,605) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stillwater?
8.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stillwater?
30 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 Stillwater work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (13%, 21 mi), Colonie (11%, 16 mi), Saratoga (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Stillwater walkable?
Stillwater is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stillwater without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stillwater, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stillwater
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.