Photo: Cornellrockey · CC BY-SA 4.0Varna has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Varna itself; outside it, Ithaca draws the most (37%, 6 miles). There are 32 jobs in Varna, against 301 working residents. The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Varna: the figures worth knowing
Varna is a place people come home to
There are 32 jobs based in Varna, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Varna has about 420 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Varna residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
37% of Varna works in Ithaca
111 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Ithaca, 5.8 miles away. That’s far more as work in Varna itself. The commute map ↓
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 301 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Varna
On a workday 301 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Varna on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 Varna goes to work
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.
Where the trip to work from Varna ends
Where Varna clocks in
37% of workers
19% 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.
In Varna, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Varna, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 32. 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 Varna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Varna: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Varna workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 359 commuters (the 19% 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.
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 Varna: questions
What is the median household income in Varna?
$70,227 (±$34,177) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Varna?
25.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Varna?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Varna work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ithaca (37%, 6 mi), Ithaca (19%, 3 mi), Dryden (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Varna without a car?
12% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Varna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Varna
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.