Work & commute · Veteran

Work & commute in Veteran, NY

Most working residents leave Veteran for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Horseheads (18%), Elmira (15%) and Corning (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 1,235 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,217 Veteran residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Veteran.

1,217live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Veteran goes to work

Horseheads6.2 mi away

18%220

Elmira10.7 mi away

15%187

Corning15.1 mi away

8%94

Big Flats9.7 mi away

7%84

Erwin19.3 mi away

5%56

Dix8.1 mi away

3%43

Corning13.2 mi away

3%34

Ithaca17.3 mi away

2%29

New York183.9 mi away

2%22

Ithaca20.1 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%448

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

How far

How far Veteran commutes

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

38%

16%

38%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Veteran is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Veteran are

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

Jobs based in Veteran

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Veteran residents hold

1,235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+18%

Jobs based in Veteran, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 120. 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.