Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Making a living in Cherry Valley
Only 4% work in Cherry Valley itself; outside it, Otsego draws the most (19%, 11 miles). Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 15% across New York. A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes, 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
Cherry Valley on a workday afternoon
On a workday 139 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Cherry Valley on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 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.
The places Cherry Valley commutes to
Where Cherry Valley clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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 services: health care, schools and offices
202 jobs are based in Cherry Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Valley, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 202. 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 Cherry Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Cherry Valley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 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 210 commuters (the 5% 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 commute from Cherry Valley, by distance
About 28% 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.
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 Cherry Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Cherry Valley?
$96,458 (±$24,053) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Valley?
5.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Valley?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherry Valley work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Otsego (19%, 11 mi), Cherry Valley (10%, 2 mi), New York City (7%, 153 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cherry Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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), 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.