US Post Office-Clyde · Photo: Jimmy Emerson from Dalton GA · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Galen commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
About one in ten stay in Galen for work; outside it, Arcadia is the main destination (12%, 10 miles). Galen has 750 jobs for 1,765 working residents. For jobs and income Galen is better than 15% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Galen apart
Galen makes and builds things
64% of the jobs based in Galen are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Galen residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Galen are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Galen pay over $40,000 a year
74% of the jobs based in Galen pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Galen: the grade in detail
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Galen’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Galen could be anywhere from D to B−.
Making and building: 64% of jobs based in Galen
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Galen, 2013 → 2023: 935 → 750. 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 Galen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Galen: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Galen workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,467 commuters (the 8% 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 daily flow of workers through Galen
On a workday 1,590 residents head out to work, 175 work right here, and 575 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Galen on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
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 towns that employ Galen’s residents
Where Galen clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
Where in the region Galen works
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 Galen, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,597 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). 10.8% of Galen households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Galen’s commuters take a bus or train.
Galen places 3,578th of 4,136 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,576 | Willits CA | 4,760 | $63K | 9.9% | 10.3% | 40% | C− |
| 3,577 | Adams Township IN | 5,235 | $61K | 18.9% | 5.4% | 18% | C− |
| 3,578 | Galen NY | 4,346 | $64K | 17.5% | 6.7% | 10% | C− |
| 3,579 | Warren Township OH | 3,713 | $55K | 13.0% | 6.5% | 8% | C− |
| 3,580 | Hartford City IN | 5,898 | $42K | 19.5% | 5.2% | 18% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,136 | 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 Galen, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 11% of Galen’s workers
The biggest share goes to Lyons (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Galen workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galen | – | C− | C+ | 22 min | $64,177 |
| Savannah | 3% | C+ | C+ | 31 min | $62,604 |
| Lyons | 8% | C | A− | 21 min | $74,524 |
| Rose | under 3% | C | C | 26 min | $76,200 |
| Junius | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 19 min | $76,750 |
| Tyre | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Butler | under 3% | D | C | 23 min | $50,192 |
Same-state neighbors only. Tyre: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Galen’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 Galen: questions
What is the median household income in Galen?
$64,177 (±$6,969) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Galen?
17.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Galen?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Galen work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arcadia (12%, 10 mi), Lyons (8%, 7 mi), Rochester (5%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Galen walkable?
Galen is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Galen without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Galen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Galen
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.