Work & commute · Valley Falls

Work & commute in Valley Falls, NY

Most working residents leave Valley Falls for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (18%), Colonie (11%) and Troy (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 238 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 238 Valley Falls residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley Falls.

238live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley Falls goes to work

Albany20.2 mi away

18%42

Colonie15.9 mi away

11%25

Troy12.7 mi away

8%19

Schaghticoke2.7 mi away

5%13

East Greenbush21.6 mi away

5%12

New York155.8 mi away

4%10

Brunswick10.8 mi away

4%9

Halfmoon9 mi away

3%8

Pittstown3.4 mi away

3%7

Clifton Park13.5 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%87

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

How far

How far Valley Falls commutes

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

14%

66%

16%

14%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley Falls is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley Falls are

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

Jobs based in Valley Falls

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Valley Falls residents hold

238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−59%

Jobs based in Valley Falls, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 9. 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.