Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Averill Park
Working residents average 23 minutes each way; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26. Only 6% stay in Averill Park for work; outside it, Albany is the main destination (23%, 12 miles). Employers in Averill Park report 877 jobs; 854 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Averill Park: the figures worth knowing
The trip to work from Averill Park: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Averill Park workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 762 commuters (the 18% 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.
Averill Park by day and by night
On a workday 805 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 828 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 (1.03 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.
Where the trip to work from Averill Park ends
Where Averill Park clocks in
23% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Averill Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Averill Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,032 → 877. 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 Averill Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Averill Park commutes less than 12 miles
About 19% 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.
Next door to Averill Park
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Averill Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Averill Park | – | — | — | 23 min | $117,946 |
| West Sand Lake | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. West Sand Lake: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Averill Park’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 Averill Park: questions
What is the median household income in Averill Park?
$117,946 (±$74,669) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Averill Park?
0.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Averill Park?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Averill Park work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (23%, 12 mi), Colonie (12%, 14 mi), East Greenbush (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Averill Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Averill Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Averill Park
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.