Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Warrensburg has lower unemployment (2.8%) than 73% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in Warrensburg for work; outside it, Queensbury is the main destination (15%, 11 miles). Jobs and income earn Warrensburg C; getting around on foot earns it C+. Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Warrensburg, in brief
Commutes from Warrensburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Warrensburg and Queensbury trade workers both ways
Queensbury is the top workplace for Warrensburg residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Warrensburg come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Warrensburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Warrensburg is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #562 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Warrensburg’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warrensburg could be anywhere from D to B.
Time on the road from Warrensburg: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warrensburg workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,677 commuters (the 10% 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 places Warrensburg commutes to
Where Warrensburg clocks in
15% 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 many people are in Warrensburg by day
On a workday 1,299 residents head out to work, 264 work right here, and 895 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Warrensburg on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.74 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 2023, primary jobs.
What the 1,159 jobs in Warrensburg are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warrensburg, 2013 → 2023: 901 → 1,159. 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 Warrensburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Warrensburg goes to work
About 23% 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.
Warrensburg is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warrensburg is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #596 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,870 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 16.6% of Warrensburg households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Warrensburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Warrensburg places 2,829th of 4,084 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Pound Ridge NY | 5,057 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,827 | Benson MN | 3,444 | $53K | 9.8% | 3.1% | 42% | C |
| 2,828 | Bean Blossom Township IN | 2,887 | $83K | 11.4% | 7.2% | <1% | C |
| 2,829 | Warrensburg NY | 3,937 | $61K | 14.7% | 2.8% | 17% | C |
| 2,830 | New Haven NY | 3,005 | $91K | 15.6% | 5.4% | 2% | C |
| 2,831 | Wolf Township PA | 3,084 | $71K | 13.1% | 6.1% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,084 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Warrensburg, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
10% of Warrensburg works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Lake George (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warrensburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrensburg | – | C | C+ | 21 min | $60,907 |
| Bolton | 4% | C+ | B | 25 min | $102,898 |
| Thurman | under 3% | D | D− | 33 min | $58,750 |
| Lake George | 6% | A− | A− | 24 min | $103,857 |
| Stony Creek | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Horicon | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $80,750 |
| Chester | under 3% | B− | C+ | 24 min | $84,623 |
| Lake Luzerne | under 3% | C | D− | 26 min | $46,633 |
Same-state neighbors only. Stony Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warrensburg’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 Warrensburg: questions
What is the median household income in Warrensburg?
$60,907 (±$12,321) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warrensburg?
14.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warrensburg?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warrensburg work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Queensbury (15%, 11 mi), Glens Falls (9%, 15 mi), Lake George (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warrensburg walkable?
Warrensburg is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warrensburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warrensburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warrensburg
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.