Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 2.2 jobs in Verona for every working resident, and 5,188 people commute in
5,625 jobs are based in Verona for 2,553 working residents. Verona grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Verona
Commutes from Verona are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Verona is where the jobs are
Verona has 5,625 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 8,900 people are in town, 53% more than the 5,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Verona is services
97% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
A lot of Verona works one town over
26% of working residents work in a town that borders Verona: Oneida (10%), Rome (8%) and Vernon (5%). Next door ↓
Few Verona workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Verona’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Verona is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #446 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Verona’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Verona could be anywhere from C to A−.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Verona
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Verona workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,554 commuters (the 4% 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.
In and out of Verona on a workday
On a workday 2,116 residents head out to work and 437 work right here.
About 8,900 people are in Verona on a workday afternoon, 53% more than live here.
2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Verona, 2013 → 2023: 5,677 → 5,625. 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 Verona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Verona’s workforce comes from
Where Verona clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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 distance from Verona to work
About 18% 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.
Verona is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Verona is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #661 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,654 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). 5.3% of Verona households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Verona’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,034th of 3,432: where Verona ranks among U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,032 | Floyd Township IN | 4,276 | $88K | 10.9% | 4.8% | 3% | B− |
| 2,033 | Marbletown NY | 5,759 | $114K | 11.7% | 5.7% | 12% | B− |
| 2,034 | Verona NY | 5,835 | $84K | 6.7% | 7.5% | 17% | B− |
| 2,035 | Wauseon OH | 7,430 | $64K | 8.9% | 4.5% | 29% | B− |
| 2,036 | Olive Township OH | 5,887 | $55K | 9.1% | 1.1% | 20% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Verona, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 26% of Verona’s workers
The biggest share goes to Oneida (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Verona workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verona | – | B− | C | 19 min | $83,534 |
| Rome | 8% | C− | A | 18 min | $59,925 |
| Vienna | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 28 min | $83,244 |
| Oneida | 10% | C+ | A− | 19 min | $61,597 |
| Lenox | 3% | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $75,900 |
| Vernon | 5% | B | C | 22 min | $77,601 |
| Westmoreland | under 3% | A | C | 27 min | $105,333 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Verona’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 Verona: questions
What is the median household income in Verona?
$83,534 (±$11,268) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Verona?
6.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Verona?
19 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Verona work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oneida (10%, 7 mi), Rome (8%, 8 mi), Syracuse (6%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Verona walkable?
Verona is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Verona without a car?
<1% 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 Verona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Verona
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.