Work & commute · Belfast

Work & commute in Belfast, NY

Most working residents leave Belfast for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Wellsville (9%), Amity (6%) and Cuba (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

63 of 594 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 531 Belfast residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belfast.

531live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

150work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belfast goes to work

Belfast (in town)right here

11%63

Wellsville16.3 mi away

9%55

Amity8.3 mi away

6%38

Cuba8.3 mi away

6%36

Olean21.3 mi away

6%34

Friendship5.7 mi away

4%21

Caneadea6.8 mi away

3%20

Arcade22.5 mi away

3%20

Rushford8.9 mi away

2%14

Amherst58.7 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%280

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

How far

How far Belfast commutes

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

29%

31%

15%

25%

29%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belfast is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belfast are

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

Jobs based in Belfast

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Belfast residents hold

594 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−8%

Jobs based in Belfast, 2013 → 2023: 231 → 213. 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.