Ravena has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
452 jobs are based in Ravena; 1,494 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Ravena are B for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 5% stay in Ravena for work; outside it, Albany is the main destination (27%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Ravena
Ravena makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Ravena are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ravena residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 12%. The jobs ↓
Ravena is a place people come home to
There are 452 jobs based in Ravena, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ravena has about 2,200 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 Ravena: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ravena is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #299 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Ravena’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ravena could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Factories, building and farms: 42% of the jobs in Ravena
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ravena, 2013 → 2023: 274 → 452. 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 Ravena’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Ravena quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,423 residents head out to work, 71 work right here, and 381 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Ravena on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where the trip to work from Ravena ends
Where Ravena clocks in
27% of workers
13% of workers
10% 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.
The daily trip from Ravena: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ravena workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,516 commuters (the 13% 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 far Ravena’s workers travel
About 15% 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.
Driving is how Ravena gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ravena is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #408 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,752 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). 5.4% of Ravena households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ravena’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,456th of 4,453: where Ravena ranks among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,454 | Alfred ME | 3,188 | $82K | 9.0% | 2.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,455 | Collierville CA | 2,546 | $116K | 5.6% | 16.6% | 1% | B |
| 1,456 | Ravena NY | 3,253 | $77K | 5.8% | 4.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,457 | Spring City PA | 3,878 | $76K | 12.0% | 3.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,458 | Spencer Township MI | 4,288 | $83K | 6.9% | 2.9% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Ravena, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Ravena: questions
What is the median household income in Ravena?
$77,217 (±$11,173) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ravena?
5.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ravena?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ravena work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (27%, 13 mi), Bethlehem (13%, 7 mi), Colonie (10%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ravena walkable?
Ravena is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ravena without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ravena, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ravena
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.