Work & commute · Batavia

Work & commute in Batavia, NY

Most working residents leave Batavia for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Batavia (21%), Amherst (5%) and Rochester (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

352 of 2,816 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,464 Batavia residents head out of town to work, 352 work right here, and 4,982 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Batavia.

2,464live here, work elsewhere

352live and work here

4,982work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Batavia goes to work

Batavia2.4 mi away

21%601

Batavia (in town)right here

13%352

Amherst26.8 mi away

5%145

Rochester33.1 mi away

5%141

Buffalo32.8 mi away

3%90

Cheektowaga26.7 mi away

3%83

Henrietta30 mi away

2%61

Pembroke8 mi away

2%58

Newstead14.9 mi away

2%52

New York273.4 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,182

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

How far

How far Batavia commutes

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

41%

18%

30%

11%

41%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Batavia is a job hub

1.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Batavia are

5,334 jobs are based in Batavia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Batavia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Batavia

5,334 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Batavia residents hold

2,816 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+20%

Jobs based in Batavia, 2013 → 2023: 4,431 → 5,334. 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.