Most of Victory commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Victory itself; outside it, Saratoga Springs draws the most (14%, 10 miles). Victory has 7 jobs, against 299 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers (New York 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Victory in brief
Victory is a place people come home to
There are 7 jobs based in Victory, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Victory has about 380 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Victory are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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; with 299 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Victory by day and by night
On a workday 298 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Victory on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Getting to work from Victory takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 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 322 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.
Where Victory’s working residents head each day
Where Victory clocks in
14% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Victory
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Victory, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 7. 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.
Victory’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Victory and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Victory workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victory | – | — | — | 27 min | $66,875 |
| Schuylerville | under 4% | B− | A | 26 min | $86,765 |
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?
$66,875 (±$18,602) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Victory?
18.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Victory?
27 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 Victory work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saratoga Springs (14%, 10 mi), Saratoga (8%, 4 mi), Wilton (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Victory without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.