Verona High School · Photo: Bill Eichelberger · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Verona top those of 94% of U.S. towns
18% of workers have no commute at all (Kentucky 10%). 3.2% of residents live below the poverty line, where Kentucky as a whole has 16.1%. The two grades for Verona are A+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Verona
Verona is a place people come home to
There are 127 jobs based in Verona, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Verona has about 760 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Verona workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 24 across Kentucky. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Verona
18% of Verona workers work from home, against 10% across Kentucky. 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; with 761 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Verona gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Verona is better than 95% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($144,507, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Verona’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Verona could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Verona
On a workday 756 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Verona on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
0.17 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.
From Verona, about 36 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Verona workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 638 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
10% of working residents work in Florence
Where Verona clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
67% of the jobs in Verona pay over $3,333 a month
127 jobs are based in Verona.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Verona, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 127. 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 Verona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Verona goes to work
About 16% 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.
In Verona, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Verona is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Verona near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 780 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). 0.0% of Verona households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Verona’s commuters take a bus or train.
165th of 5,877: where Verona ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 44 | Pewee Valley KY | 1,668 | $157K | 3.0% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Audubon Park KY | 1,457 | $101K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Coldstream KY | 1,325 | $109K | 2.8% | 0.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 163 | Ostrander OH | 1,219 | $159K | 4.8% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 164 | Waverly Township PA | 1,856 | $151K | 3.2% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 165 | Verona KY | 1,394 | $145K | 3.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 166 | China Grove TX | 1,149 | $103K | 4.8% | 2.1% | 0% | A+ |
| 167 | Burlington Township OH | 1,254 | $141K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Verona, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
Verona and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Verona workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verona | – | A+ | D | 36 min | $144,507 |
| Crittenden | under 2% | C+ | D | 26 min | $57,283 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Verona’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 Verona: questions
What is the median household income in Verona?
$144,507 (±$19,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Verona?
3.2%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Verona?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Verona work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Florence (10%, 13 mi), Walton (9%, 5 mi), Cincinnati (6%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Verona walkable?
Verona is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Verona without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Verona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Verona
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.