Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Verona trail those of 89% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.5 in Pittsburgh. The poverty rate is 13.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. Verona grades C for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Verona apart on work
Verona trades workers with the towns around it
Verona has about as many jobs (1,189) as working residents (1,239), but they are mostly different people: 1,170 residents leave for work each day while 1,120 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Verona are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Verona makes and builds things
60% of the jobs based in Verona are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Verona residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Most Verona residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
30% of Verona works in Pittsburgh
368 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Pittsburgh, 8.4 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Verona itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Verona’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Verona is better than 28% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Verona’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($48,733, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Verona could be anywhere from C− to B+.
In and out of Verona on a workday
On a workday 1,170 residents head out to work, 69 work right here, and 1,120 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Verona makes things: 60% of its jobs are in goods
1,189 jobs are based in Verona.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Verona, 2014 → 2024: 1,113 → 1,189. 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 Verona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Verona’s workers travel
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.
30% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Verona clocks in
30% 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.
The trip to work from Verona: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Verona workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,064 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Verona is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Verona is among the most walkable U.S. towns. Both inputs place Verona 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 1,256 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 45% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 78% 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). 18.0% of Verona households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Verona’s commuters take a bus or train.
Verona is 3,340th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,338 | Council Grove KS | 2,130 | $58K | 13.7% | 2.4% | 46% | C |
| 3,339 | Dolgeville NY | 1,992 | $68K | 10.9% | 1.9% | 17% | C |
| 3,340 | Verona PA | 2,396 | $49K | 13.8% | 8.2% | 6% | C |
| 3,341 | Custer SD | 1,803 | $78K | 14.2% | 4.0% | 33% | C |
| 3,342 | Schroon NY | 1,818 | $70K | 7.7% | 1.5% | 27% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Verona, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
16% of Verona works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Penn Hills (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Verona workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verona | – | C | A+ | 22 min | $48,733 |
| Penn Hills | 7% | — | — | — | — |
| Oakmont | 5% | B+ | A | 26 min | $92,782 |
| O'Hara Township | 4% | A | A− | 24 min | $117,276 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Verona’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 Verona: questions
What is the median household income in Verona?
$48,733 (±$17,421) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Verona?
13.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Verona?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Verona work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (30%, 8 mi), Penn Hills (7%, 2 mi), Oakmont (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Verona walkable?
Verona is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 16.8 out of 20, and 18% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Verona without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. 45% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Verona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Verona
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. 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.