Work & commute · Ravena

Work & commute in Ravena, NY

Most working residents leave Ravena for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (27%), Bethlehem (13%) and Colonie (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 1,494 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,423 Ravena residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 381 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ravena.

1,423live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

381work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ravena goes to work

Albany12.9 mi away

27%396

Bethlehem7.4 mi away

13%192

Colonie18.1 mi away

10%145

Coeymans3.3 mi away

9%141

New York125.7 mi away

4%63

Coxsackie9.6 mi away

4%56

East Greenbush10.4 mi away

3%38

Guilderland17.5 mi away

2%35

Troy19.1 mi away

2%28

New Baltimore4.8 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%382

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ravena commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

26%

53%

15%

26%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ravena is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ravena are

452 jobs are based in Ravena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ravena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ravena

452 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Ravena residents hold

1,494 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+65%

Jobs based in Ravena, 2013 → 2023: 274 → 452. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.