Work & commute · Batavia

Work & commute in Batavia, NY

About one in 4 of Batavia’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Batavia (11%), Rochester (6%) and Amherst (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

1,817 of 6,895 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 5,078 Batavia residents head out of town to work, 1,817 work right here, and 6,208 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Batavia.

5,078live here, work elsewhere

1,817live and work here

6,208work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Batavia goes to work

Batavia (in town)right here

26%1,817

Batavia2.4 mi away

11%750

Rochester30.8 mi away

6%444

Amherst29.1 mi away

5%332

Buffalo35.1 mi away

3%200

New York271.5 mi away

2%167

Cheektowaga29 mi away

2%146

Henrietta27.6 mi away

2%139

Le Roy10.9 mi away

2%127

Lancaster23.6 mi away

2%107

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,666

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%

15%

33%

11%

41%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Batavia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Batavia are

8,025 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

8,025 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Batavia residents hold

6,895 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−8%

Jobs based in Batavia, 2013 → 2023: 8,686 → 8,025. 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.