Most of Virgil commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Virgil itself; outside it, Cortland draws the most (13%, 6 miles). There are 450 jobs in Virgil, and 1,008 of its residents work somewhere. Virgil grades B− 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
Virgil at work: what stands out
Many jobs in Virgil pay little
48% of the jobs based in Virgil pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 48% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Virgil
62% of Virgil residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 26% of the jobs based in Virgil pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Virgil 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.
Inside Virgil’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Virgil is better than 51% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Virgil’s grade up ($91,094, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Virgil could be anywhere from C− to A.
The kinds of work in Virgil
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Virgil, 2013 → 2023: 408 → 450. 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 Virgil’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Virgil
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Virgil workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,224 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 daily commute in and out of Virgil
On a workday 975 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 417 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Virgil on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 towns that employ Virgil’s residents
Where Virgil clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Virgil
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.
Driving is how Virgil gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Virgil is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Virgil 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 1,350 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Virgil households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Virgil’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Virgil is 2,141st among 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 7 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 8 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,139 | Elsah Township IL | 2,093 | $74K | 5.9% | 6.8% | 5% | B− |
| 2,140 | Seward Township IN | 2,305 | $77K | 6.9% | 3.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,141 | Virgil NY | 2,375 | $91K | 7.1% | 4.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,142 | Clinton Township OH | 3,170 | $72K | 9.3% | 3.5% | 8% | B− |
| 2,143 | Union Township OH | 2,609 | $69K | 5.0% | 3.3% | 9% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Virgil, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 18% of Virgil
The biggest share goes to Cortlandville (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Virgil workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil | – | B− | D | 27 min | $91,094 |
| Cortlandville | 11% | C+ | B+ | 21 min | $73,617 |
| Harford | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Dryden | 7% | C+ | B | 19 min | $81,127 |
| Blodgett Mills | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Freetown | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Lapeer | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Harford, Freetown and Lapeer: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Blodgett Mills: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Virgil’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 Virgil: questions
What is the median household income in Virgil?
$91,094 (±$20,632) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Virgil?
7.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Virgil?
27 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 Virgil work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cortland (13%, 6 mi), Cortlandville (11%, 6 mi), Ithaca (11%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Virgil walkable?
Virgil is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Virgil 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 Virgil, from the people who make the trip.
More of Virgil
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.