Work & commute · Alden

Work & commute in Alden, NY

Most working residents leave Alden for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Alden (15%), Buffalo (12%) and Amherst (11%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

120 of 1,283 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,163 Alden residents head out of town to work, 120 work right here, and 1,135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alden.

1,163live here, work elsewhere

120live and work here

1,135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alden goes to work

Alden1.4 mi away

15%190

Buffalo18.5 mi away

12%160

Amherst15.4 mi away

11%142

Cheektowaga12.5 mi away

10%130

Lancaster7 mi away

9%118

Clarence11.6 mi away

4%54

West Seneca13.7 mi away

3%37

Orchard Park16 mi away

3%33

Tonawanda20.1 mi away

2%31

Aurora13.3 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%359

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

How far

How far Alden commutes

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

30%

56%

30%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alden are

1,255 jobs are based in Alden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alden

1,255 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Alden residents hold

1,283 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+5%

Jobs based in Alden, 2013 → 2023: 1,196 → 1,255. 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.