Work & commute · Alexander

Work & commute in Alexander, NY

Most working residents leave Alexander for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Batavia (14%), Batavia (6%) and Amherst (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 1,042 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 989 Alexander residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 459 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alexander.

989live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

459work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alexander goes to work

Batavia6.4 mi away

14%148

Batavia5.4 mi away

6%60

Amherst26.4 mi away

6%59

Lancaster19.3 mi away

6%58

Darien6.7 mi away

5%53

Alexander (in town)right here

5%53

Alden13.7 mi away

5%49

Cheektowaga24.9 mi away

5%47

Rochester36.3 mi away

4%37

Attica6.9 mi away

3%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%451

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

How far

How far Alexander commutes

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

33%

34%

22%

11%

33%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alexander is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alexander are

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

Jobs based in Alexander

512 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Alexander residents hold

1,042 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+23%

Jobs based in Alexander, 2013 → 2023: 417 → 512. 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.