With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Veteran works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. There are 120 jobs in Veteran for 1,235 working residents. Veteran grades C+ 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
What the numbers say about work in Veteran
Veteran is a place people come home to
There are 120 jobs based in Veteran, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Veteran has about 2,100 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Veteran are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Veteran and Horseheads trade workers both ways
Horseheads is the top workplace for Veteran residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Veteran come from (15% of its jobs). 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.
Veteran’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Veteran is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #510 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Veteran’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Veteran could be anywhere from D to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Veteran
On a workday 1,217 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Veteran on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
About 23 minutes each way for Veteran’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Veteran workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,139 commuters (the 11% 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.
18% of working residents work in Horseheads
Where Veteran clocks in
18% of workers
15% 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.
Goods, not services: 49% of the jobs in Veteran
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Veteran, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 120. 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 Veteran’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Veteran goes to work
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.
For most of Veteran, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Veteran is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #733 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Veteran near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,279 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). 1.9% of Veteran households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Veteran’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Veteran is 2,859th of 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,857 | Reedsport OR | 4,271 | $54K | 9.3% | 0.9% | 29% | C+ |
| 2,858 | Mount Oliver PA | 3,222 | $52K | 15.1% | 5.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,859 | Veteran NY | 3,179 | $65K | 7.5% | 5.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,860 | Otsego NY | 3,621 | $73K | 6.9% | 5.6% | 40% | C+ |
| 2,861 | Sullivan Township OH | 2,735 | $67K | 12.5% | 1.1% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | 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 Veteran, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
18% of Veteran works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Veteran workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veteran | – | C+ | D | 23 min | $65,341 |
| Horseheads | 18% | C+ | B− | 19 min | $68,990 |
| Catlin | under 2% | C+ | D | 24 min | $80,956 |
| Catharine | under 2% | D | D | 25 min | $58,500 |
| Montour | under 2% | D | B+ | 18 min | $64,417 |
| Horseheads North | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Pine Valley | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Cayuta | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Horseheads North and Pine Valley: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Cayuta: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Horseheads. Darker towns draw more of Veteran’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 Veteran: questions
What is the median household income in Veteran?
$65,341 (±$19,479) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Veteran?
7.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Veteran?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Veteran work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Horseheads (18%, 6 mi), Elmira (15%, 11 mi), Corning (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Veteran walkable?
Veteran is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Veteran without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Veteran, from the people who make the trip.
More of Veteran
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.