Work & commute · Bethany

Work & commute in Bethany, NY

Most working residents leave Bethany for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Batavia (13%), Rochester (8%) and Pavilion (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 808 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 788 Bethany residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bethany.

788live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bethany goes to work

Batavia6.1 mi away

13%102

Rochester31 mi away

8%61

Pavilion5.9 mi away

6%50

Le Roy9.6 mi away

6%46

Batavia7.4 mi away

6%45

Buffalo37.1 mi away

3%25

Henrietta26.3 mi away

3%23

Amherst32.5 mi away

3%22

Bethany (in town)right here

2%20

New York266.1 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%396

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

How far

How far Bethany commutes

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

36%

20%

33%

11%

36%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bethany is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bethany are

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

Jobs based in Bethany

173 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Bethany residents hold

808 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−7%

Jobs based in Bethany, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 173. 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.