Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station · Photo: Mwanner · CC BY-SA 3.0Waverly has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 4% of workers; New York has 15%. Waverly has 161 jobs for 329 working residents. About one in ten work in Waverly; the top destination outside it is Malone (9%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Waverly apart
From Waverly, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waverly workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 279 commuters (the 4% 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 Waverly
On a workday 298 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Waverly on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Waverly ends
Where Waverly clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Waverly
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waverly, 2014 → 2024: 55 → 161. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waverly’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Waverly
About 29% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Waverly
The biggest share goes to Santa Clara (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Waverly workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waverly | – | — | — | 30 min | $56,875 |
| Santa Clara | 5% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Hopkinton | under 3% | D | D− | 25 min | $61,125 |
| Dickinson | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Tupper Lake | 2% | C | B+ | 15 min | $65,433 |
Same-state neighbors only. Santa Clara: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Dickinson: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Waverly’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 2024, 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 Waverly: questions
What is the median household income in Waverly?
$56,875 (±$22,220) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waverly?
11.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waverly?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waverly work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Malone (9%, 21 mi), North Elba (8%, 33 mi), Harrietstown (7%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Waverly without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waverly, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waverly
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.