Work & commute · Akron

Work & commute in Akron, NY

Most working residents leave Akron for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Newstead (22%), Amherst (12%) and Buffalo (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

200 of 1,254 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,054 Akron residents head out of town to work, 200 work right here, and 1,506 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Akron.

1,054live here, work elsewhere

200live and work here

1,506work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Akron goes to work

Newstead1.2 mi away

22%270

Amherst13.1 mi away

12%151

Buffalo20.2 mi away

11%139

Clarence7.5 mi away

9%114

Lancaster10 mi away

6%77

Cheektowaga14.4 mi away

5%62

Alden7.7 mi away

4%50

Lockport14.5 mi away

2%21

Tonawanda19.2 mi away

2%19

West Seneca17.9 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%333

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

How far

How far Akron commutes

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

37%

49%

37%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Akron is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Akron are

1,706 jobs are based in Akron. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Akron’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Akron

1,706 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Akron residents hold

1,254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+7%

Jobs based in Akron, 2013 → 2023: 1,588 → 1,706. 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.