Work, pay and getting to work in Hall
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers; New York has 15%. Hardly any stay in Hall for work; outside it, Geneva is the main destination (8%, 6 miles). Commuters spend 36 minutes getting to work on average, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hall on a workday afternoon
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Hall on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Hall, and from where
Where Hall 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.
73% of the jobs in Hall pay over $3,333 a month
148 jobs are based in Hall.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hall, 2014 → 2024: 20 → 148. 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 Hall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Hall: about 36 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hall workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 132 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.
How many miles Hall commutes
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 2024.
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 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 Hall: questions
What is the median household income in Hall?
$46,250 (±$30,536) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hall?
14.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hall?
36 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hall work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Geneva (8%, 6 mi), Seneca (5%, 3 mi), Hopewell (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hall
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.