Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 4.0At 1.1%, unemployment in Union Vale is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Union Vale are A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns. Only 4% work in Union Vale itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (14%, 73 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Union Vale in brief
Union Vale’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Union Vale is New York City, 73 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (255) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Union Vale workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 54 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.
The four measures behind Union Vale’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Union Vale is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #144 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Union Vale’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Union Vale could be anywhere from B to A.
How far Union Vale’s workers travel
About 23% 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.
Each way, about 40 minutes from Union Vale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Union Vale workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,845 commuters (the 15% 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.
Union Vale by day and by night
On a workday 1,776 residents head out to work, 82 work right here, and 514 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Union Vale on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 people from Union Vale work
Where Union Vale clocks in
14% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Union Vale: what the 596 are
596 jobs are based in Union Vale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Vale, 2013 → 2023: 521 → 596. 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 Union Vale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Union Vale commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Union Vale is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #533 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,176 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). 3.8% of Union Vale households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Union Vale’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Union Vale is 736th of 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | 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 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 734 | Suffield Township OH | 6,016 | $81K | 4.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A− |
| 735 | Marion NY | 4,515 | $80K | 5.2% | 1.5% | 8% | A− |
| 736 | Union Vale NY | 4,590 | $103K | 7.7% | 1.1% | 4% | A− |
| 737 | Helena Valley Northeast MT | 4,659 | $141K | 5.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A− |
| 738 | Cloverdale VA | 3,208 | $80K | 6.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | 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 Union Vale, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 10% of Union Vale
The biggest share goes to LaGrange (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union Vale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Vale | – | A− | B− | 40 min | $102,888 |
| Washington | 3% | B+ | A− | 30 min | $102,303 |
| LaGrange | 7% | B+ | B | 33 min | $121,586 |
| Beekman | under 2% | B+ | B− | 38 min | $126,250 |
| Dover | under 2% | C+ | B | 34 min | $91,803 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Union Vale’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 Union Vale: questions
What is the median household income in Union Vale?
$102,888 (±$22,001) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Vale?
7.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Vale?
40 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Vale work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (14%, 73 mi), Poughkeepsie (9%, 11 mi), LaGrange (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Union Vale walkable?
Union Vale is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Union Vale without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Union Vale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Union Vale
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.