Work & commute · Blasdell

Work & commute in Blasdell, NY

Most working residents leave Blasdell for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (21%), Hamburg (21%) and Amherst (9%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 1,188 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,154 Blasdell residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 879 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blasdell.

1,154live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

879work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blasdell goes to work

Buffalo6.8 mi away

21%246

Hamburg4.2 mi away

21%245

Amherst15.3 mi away

9%110

Cheektowaga9.1 mi away

7%83

Orchard Park5.6 mi away

7%80

West Seneca5 mi away

5%54

Tonawanda13.1 mi away

3%40

Lackawanna1.5 mi away

2%28

Lancaster12.9 mi away

2%24

New York292.2 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%263

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

How far

How far Blasdell commutes

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

61%

26%

61%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blasdell is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blasdell are

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

Jobs based in Blasdell

913 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Blasdell residents hold

1,188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

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Jobs based in Blasdell, 2013 → 2023: 915 → 913. 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.