Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Cherry Valley top those of 71% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Cherry Valley is better than 51% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (B). Poverty touches 5.7% of residents, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. Only 8% work in Cherry Valley itself; outside it, Otsego draws the most (19%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Cherry Valley apart on work
Commutes from Cherry Valley are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 445 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Cherry Valley earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Cherry Valley’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Cherry Valley’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, Cherry Valley could be anywhere from C to B.
About 23 minutes each way for Cherry Valley’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherry Valley workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 399 commuters (the 16% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cherry Valley
About 32% 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.
How many people are in Cherry Valley by day
On a workday 410 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 343 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 (0.85 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Cherry Valley to work: where people go
Where Cherry Valley clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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.
Most jobs in Cherry Valley are in services
378 jobs are based in Cherry Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Valley, 2014 → 2024: 346 → 378. 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 Cherry Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Cherry Valley: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 476 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). 1.9% of Cherry Valley households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cherry Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Cherry Valley ranks 1,600th of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,598 | Mishicot WI | 1,428 | $65K | 7.2% | 1.3% | 6% | B− |
| 1,599 | Mottville Township MI | 1,436 | $70K | 10.1% | 6.0% | 4% | B− |
| 1,600 | Cherry Valley NY | 1,223 | $93K | 5.7% | 5.2% | 8% | B− |
| 1,601 | Irwin Township PA | 1,228 | $69K | 6.2% | 6.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,602 | West Bethlehem Township PA | 1,284 | $65K | 4.4% | 1.6% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Cherry Valley, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Cherry Valley and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Middlefield (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cherry Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Valley | – | B− | B | 23 min | $92,639 |
| Roseboom | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Middlefield | 2% | B | B− | 19 min | $118,333 |
| Springfield | 2% | D | C | 30 min | $62,965 |
| Sharon | under 2% | C− | C+ | 30 min | $68,095 |
| Canajoharie | under 2% | B | B− | 25 min | $78,281 |
| Minden | under 2% | C | B− | 28 min | $44,195 |
Same-state neighbors only. Roseboom: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cherry Valley’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 Cherry Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Cherry Valley?
$92,639 (±$14,729) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Valley?
5.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Valley?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherry Valley work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Otsego (19%, 13 mi), New York City (7%, 154 mi), Albany (4%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Cherry Valley walkable?
Cherry Valley is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cherry Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cherry Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry Valley
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.