Potter Hollow District No. 19 School · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Rensselaerville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Only 4% stay in Rensselaerville for work; outside it, Albany is the main destination (17%, 23 miles). 75 jobs are based in Rensselaerville, against 686 working residents. The two grades for Rensselaerville are B for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Rensselaerville stands out on work
Rensselaerville is a place people come home to
There are 75 jobs based in Rensselaerville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rensselaerville has about 1,300 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Rensselaerville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Rensselaerville is Albany, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (117) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Rensselaerville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 686 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Rensselaerville
On income, poverty and job access, Rensselaerville is better than 62% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Rensselaerville’s grade up (0.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Rensselaerville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rensselaerville could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
In and out of Rensselaerville on a workday
On a workday 658 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Rensselaerville on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
How far Rensselaerville goes to work
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 38 minutes each way, longer than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rensselaerville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 732 commuters (the 14% 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.
Where people from Rensselaerville work
Where Rensselaerville clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
37% of the jobs in Rensselaerville make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rensselaerville, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 75. 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 Rensselaerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Rensselaerville, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 849 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). 2.9% of Rensselaerville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rensselaerville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Rensselaerville ranks: 1,565th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,563 | Lakeshire MO | 1,510 | $62K | 9.9% | 1.5% | 0% | B |
| 1,564 | Monroe Township IN | 2,045 | $66K | 4.0% | 3.1% | 12% | B |
| 1,565 | Rensselaerville NY | 1,871 | $90K | 0.8% | 5.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,566 | Shiner TX | 2,165 | $99K | 5.7% | 3.3% | 18% | B |
| 1,567 | Woodland Township NJ | 1,581 | $139K | 20.3% | 3.5% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Rensselaerville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Rensselaerville and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rensselaerville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rensselaerville | – | B | D− | 38 min | $90,324 |
| Broome | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Westerlo | 3% | B+ | D | 29 min | $99,167 |
| Berne | under 3% | B | D− | 33 min | $105,219 |
| Durham | 4% | B | B− | 33 min | $81,471 |
| Conesville | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Broome and Conesville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Durham. Darker towns draw more of Rensselaerville’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 Rensselaerville: questions
What is the median household income in Rensselaerville?
$90,324 (±$25,699) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rensselaerville?
0.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rensselaerville?
38 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 Rensselaerville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (17%, 23 mi), Colonie (8%, 27 mi), Greenville (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rensselaerville walkable?
Rensselaerville is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rensselaerville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rensselaerville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rensselaerville
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.