Sylvan Beach Union Chapel · Photo: DPiraino · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Vienna works elsewhere
Only 7% work in Vienna itself; outside it, Rome draws the most (10%, 14 miles). 421 jobs are based in Vienna for 1,968 working residents. Vienna grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Vienna and work: the main findings
The better-paid jobs are outside Vienna
62% of Vienna residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 31% of the jobs based in Vienna pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Vienna pay little
34% of the jobs based in Vienna pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Vienna is a place people come home to
There are 421 jobs based in Vienna, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Vienna has about 3,600 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Vienna works one town over
26% of working residents work in a town that borders Vienna: Rome (10%), Camden (7%) and Verona (6%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Vienna are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 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.
Where Vienna’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Vienna is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #472 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Vienna’s grade up ($83,244, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Vienna could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The kinds of work in Vienna
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vienna, 2013 → 2023: 425 → 421. 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 Vienna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Vienna on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,836 residents head out to work, 132 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Vienna on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
The trip to work from Vienna: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vienna workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,789 commuters (the 9% 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.
The places Vienna commutes to
Where Vienna clocks in
10% 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.
The distance from Vienna to work
About 19% 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.
Vienna is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vienna is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #556 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,970 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). 6.1% of Vienna households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Vienna’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Vienna is 2,211th among 3,627 U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 21 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,209 | Montesano WA | 4,181 | $68K | 4.9% | 4.4% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,210 | Tyrone Township MI | 5,262 | $70K | 6.3% | 12.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,211 | Vienna NY | 5,130 | $83K | 10.8% | 4.2% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,212 | Indian Hills NV | 5,527 | $78K | 9.7% | 4.9% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,213 | Gas City IN | 6,081 | $56K | 16.8% | 2.0% | 18% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | 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 Vienna, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
26% of Vienna works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vienna workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna | – | C+ | C+ | 28 min | $83,244 |
| Verona | 6% | B− | C | 19 min | $83,534 |
| Annsville | under 3% | C− | D− | 29 min | $66,812 |
| Lenox | 3% | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $75,900 |
| Camden | 7% | C+ | B− | 29 min | $62,394 |
| Sullivan | under 3% | B | C | 26 min | $80,948 |
| Rome | 10% | C− | A | 18 min | $59,925 |
| Constantia | under 3% | D | D | 37 min | $69,792 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rome. Darker towns draw more of Vienna’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 Vienna: questions
What is the median household income in Vienna?
$83,244 (±$10,282) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vienna?
10.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vienna?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vienna work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rome (10%, 14 mi), Syracuse (8%, 23 mi), Camden (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vienna walkable?
Vienna is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vienna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vienna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vienna
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.