Work & commute · Arcade

Work & commute in Arcade, NY

Most working residents leave Arcade for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Arcade (21%), Yorkshire (8%) and Aurora (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

101 of 759 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 658 Arcade residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 1,185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arcade.

658live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

1,185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arcade goes to work

Arcade4.5 mi away

21%159

Yorkshire5.5 mi away

8%57

Aurora17.5 mi away

5%38

Concord13.3 mi away

4%31

Sardinia5 mi away

4%30

Warsaw21.2 mi away

3%24

Buffalo32.8 mi away

2%18

Rochester60.7 mi away

2%17

Holland10.5 mi away

2%15

Elma23 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%356

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

How far

How far Arcade commutes

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

37%

26%

18%

20%

37%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arcade is a job hub

1.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Arcade are

1,286 jobs are based in Arcade. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arcade’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arcade

1,286 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Arcade residents hold

759 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−54%

Jobs based in Arcade, 2013 → 2023: 2,808 → 1,286. 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.