Photo: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Vails Gate
A typical one-way commute lasts 48 minutes, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S. For 7% of workers, the job is at home, next to 15% for New York as a whole. Only 5% work in Vails Gate itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (17%, 55 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Vails Gate, in a few figures
Vails Gate workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 48 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 368 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Vails Gate’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Vails Gate is New York City, 55 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (250) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
49% of the jobs in Vails Gate are in trade, transport and utilities, against 26% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
How long Vails Gate spends getting to work: about 48 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vails Gate workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,457 commuters (the 7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Vails Gate
About 17% 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.
What work there is in Vails Gate: 2,000 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vails Gate, 2013 → 2023: 1,758 → 2,000. 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 Vails Gate’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Vails Gate fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,423 residents head out to work, 74 work right here, and 1,926 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Vails Gate on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).
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 Vails Gate work
Where Vails Gate 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.
Around Vails Gate: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Cornwall (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vails Gate workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vails Gate | – | — | — | 48 min | $70,688 |
| Firthcliffe | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Cornwall | 2% | A− | A− | 31 min | $114,635 |
Same-state neighbors only. Firthcliffe: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vails Gate’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 Vails Gate: questions
What is the median household income in Vails Gate?
$70,688 (±$5,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vails Gate?
5.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vails Gate?
48 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vails Gate work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (17%, 55 mi), New Windsor (11%, 3 mi), Newburgh (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vails Gate without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vails Gate, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vails Gate
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.