Households in Voorheesville have higher incomes than those in 84% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Voorheesville itself; outside it, Albany draws the most (32%, 7 miles). Below the poverty line: 7.5% of residents (New York 14.0%). For jobs and income Voorheesville is better than 80% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Voorheesville, in brief
Commutes from Voorheesville are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
One in three of Voorheesville works in Albany
435 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Albany, 7 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Voorheesville itself. The commute map ↓
Voorheesville makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Voorheesville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Voorheesville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 11%. The jobs ↓
Most Voorheesville residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Three in four Voorheesville workers earn over $40,000 a year
76% of Voorheesville’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Voorheesville: the grade in detail
Household income is its strongest input ($111,172, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Voorheesville could be anywhere from B to A+.
Commuting from Voorheesville: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Voorheesville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,065 commuters (the 20% 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 the trip to work from Voorheesville ends
Where Voorheesville clocks in
32% of workers
14% of workers
7% 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.
In Voorheesville, 39% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
918 jobs are based in Voorheesville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Voorheesville, 2013 → 2023: 847 → 918. 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 Voorheesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Voorheesville
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.
In and out of Voorheesville on a workday
On a workday 1,300 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 858 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Voorheesville on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Voorheesville, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,338 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). 0.7% of Voorheesville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Voorheesville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Voorheesville places 760th of 4,703 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 11 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 758 | Woodville Township OH | 3,300 | $84K | 2.9% | 3.4% | 5% | A− |
| 759 | Earl Township PA | 3,184 | $100K | 11.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A− |
| 760 | Voorheesville NY | 2,846 | $111K | 7.5% | 3.4% | 4% | A− |
| 761 | Prairie Township IN | 3,435 | $82K | 5.2% | 0.3% | 6% | A− |
| 762 | Sisco Heights WA | 3,015 | $119K | 7.1% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Voorheesville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Voorheesville: questions
What is the median household income in Voorheesville?
$111,172 (±$12,182) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Voorheesville?
7.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Voorheesville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Voorheesville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (32%, 7 mi), Colonie (14%, 10 mi), New Scotland (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Voorheesville walkable?
Voorheesville is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Voorheesville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Voorheesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Voorheesville
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.