Work & commute · Allegany

Work & commute in Allegany, NY

Most working residents leave Allegany for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Olean (20%), Allegany (18%) and Little Valley (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 566 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 537 Allegany residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 588 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Allegany.

537live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

588work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Allegany goes to work

Olean2.8 mi away

20%114

Allegany2.2 mi away

18%100

Little Valley16.6 mi away

5%30

Salamanca13.1 mi away

4%20

Buffalo58.5 mi away

3%17

Olean3.9 mi away

3%16

Ellicottville16.9 mi away

3%16

Amherst65.1 mi away

2%14

New York255.7 mi away

1%8

Bradford, PA11.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%224

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

How far

How far Allegany commutes

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

43%

19%

29%

43%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Allegany is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Allegany are

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

Jobs based in Allegany

617 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Allegany residents hold

566 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+9%

Jobs based in Allegany, 2013 → 2023: 564 → 617. 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.