Work & commute · Union Vale

Work & commute in Union Vale, NY

Most working residents leave Union Vale for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Poughkeepsie (9%) and LaGrange (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 1,858 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,776 Union Vale residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 514 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union Vale.

1,776live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

514work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union Vale goes to work

New York72.7 mi away

14%255

Poughkeepsie11.3 mi away

9%174

LaGrange5.3 mi away

7%135

Wappinger12.7 mi away

5%91

Union Vale (in town)right here

4%82

East Fishkill10.7 mi away

4%79

Poughkeepsie11.6 mi away

4%78

Washington6.5 mi away

3%59

Carmel21.6 mi away

2%37

Fishkill17.3 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%831

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

How far

How far Union Vale commutes

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

25%

37%

14%

23%

25%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union Vale is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Union Vale are

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

Jobs based in Union Vale

596 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Union Vale residents hold

1,858 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+14%

Jobs based in Union Vale, 2013 → 2023: 521 → 596. 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.