Most of Victory commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
3% of workers have no commute at all, where New York as a whole has 15%. 45 jobs are based in Victory, and 762 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Victory C+; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Victory at work: what stands out
Victory is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Victory, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Victory has about 970 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Victory’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Victory is Syracuse, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (58) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Victory averages 35 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (23 to 31 minutes). Next door ↓
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 762 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Victory’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Victory is better than 41% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Victory’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (9.2%) is left out: Victory’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Victory could be anywhere from C to B−.
Who works in Victory, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 740 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Victory on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Victory
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.
8% of working residents work in Syracuse
Where Victory clocks in
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: 51% of the jobs in Victory
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Victory, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 45. 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 Victory’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes each way for Victory’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Victory workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 637 commuters (the 3% 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.
Driving is how Victory gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Victory is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 2.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 658 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). 2.6% of Victory households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Victory’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Victory ranks: 2,713th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,711 | Lowe Township IL | 1,754 | $85K | 12.6% | 3.7% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,712 | Etna-Troy Township IN | 1,904 | $57K | 16.8% | 1.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,713 | Victory NY | 1,688 | $71K | 6.3% | 9.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,714 | Farmington WI | 2,122 | $71K | 9.9% | 3.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,715 | Glide OR | 1,823 | $74K | 5.2% | 7.0% | 14% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Victory, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 11% of Victory
The biggest share goes to Wolcott (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Victory workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victory | – | C+ | D− | 35 min | $71,071 |
| Wolcott | 7% | C− | B | 31 min | $54,569 |
| Conquest | under 3% | C | D | 26 min | $81,620 |
| Ira | 4% | A− | B− | 30 min | $97,019 |
| Sterling | under 3% | C | B− | 27 min | $59,750 |
| Butler | under 3% | D | C | 23 min | $50,192 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Victory’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 Victory: questions
What is the median household income in Victory?
$71,071 (±$5,037) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Victory?
6.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Victory?
35 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Victory work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (8%, 28 mi), Wolcott (7%, 7 mi), Ira (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Victory walkable?
Victory is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Victory without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Victory, from the people who make the trip.
More of Victory
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.