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Jobs & commute in Niverville

Niverville has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Niverville has 24 jobs; 647 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Niverville; the top destination outside it is Kinderhook (15%, 3 miles). The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Getting to work from Niverville, in brief

Niverville is a place people come home to

There are 24 jobs based in Niverville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Niverville has about 560 people in it, 53% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Niverville and Kinderhook trade workers both ways

Kinderhook is the top workplace for Niverville residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Niverville come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

Commutes from Niverville are quick

The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓

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 647 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Niverville

On a workday 647 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.

647live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
24work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,200
Workday560
1,200live here− 650head out to work+ 24come in to work= 560on a workday

About 560 people are in Niverville on a workday afternoon, 53% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Niverville ends

BostonHudson: 34 residents work here (5%)CohoesAlbany: 97 residents work here (15%)New York: 54 residents work here (8%)GreenvilleNassauShawangunkEast Greenbush: 14 residents work here (2%)Kinderhook: 98 residents work here (15%)Ghent: 13 residents work here (2%)Chatham: 21 residents work here (3%)Claverack: 18 residents work here (3%)Colonie: 45 residents work here (7%)Schodack: 18 residents work here (3%)NivervilleKinderhookAlbanyNew YorkColonieHudsonChathamNiverville
1
Kinderhook3.3 mi away
15%98
2
Albany16.8 mi away
15%97
3
New York City124.3 mi away
8%54
4
Colonie21.3 mi away
7%45
5
Hudson15.3 mi away
5%34
6
Chatham3.8 mi away
3%21
7
Claverack16.1 mi away
3%18
8
Schodack6 mi away
3%18
9
East Greenbush11.1 mi away
2%14
10
Ghent9.3 mi away
2%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%235
The top trips

Where Niverville clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

About 28 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York

A year of commuting
212 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Niverville28 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
20%

of Niverville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Niverville gets to work
98%Drive alone
2%Other

Share of the 508 commuters (the 20% 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 jobs

67% of the jobs in Niverville make or build things

Jobs based in NivervilleJobs Niverville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms67%14%
Trade, transport & utilities8%21%
Services: health, schools, offices25%64%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%20%
Over $3,333 a month63%69%

Who does it

29 or younger25%17%
30 to 5454%50%
55 and older21%33%
−23%

Jobs based in Niverville, 2014 → 2024: 31 → 24. 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 Niverville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Niverville

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miKinderhook: 15% · 3.3 miAlbany: 15% · 16.8 miNew York City: 8% · 124.3 miColonie: 7% · 21.3 miHudson: 5% · 15.3 miChatham: 3% · 3.8 miClaverack: 3% · 16.1 miSchodack: 3% · 6 miEast Greenbush: 2% · 11.1 miGhent: 2% · 9.3 miKinderhook 15%Albany 15%New York City 8%Colonie 7%Hudson 5%Niverville
NivervilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
24%Under 10 mi157 residents
46%10–24 mi297 residents
8%25–50 mi51 residents
22%Over 50 mi142 residents

About 22% 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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Niverville: questions

What is the poverty rate in Niverville?

12.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Niverville?

28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Niverville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kinderhook (15%, 3 mi), Albany (15%, 17 mi), New York City (8%, 124 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Niverville 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 Niverville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Niverville

Niverville home →

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.