Work & commute · Cambria

Work & commute in Cambria, NY

Most working residents leave Cambria for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Amherst (14%), Buffalo (11%) and Tonawanda (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

144 of 2,827 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,683 Cambria residents head out of town to work, 144 work right here, and 867 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cambria.

2,683live here, work elsewhere

144live and work here

867work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cambria goes to work

Amherst11.8 mi away

14%390

Buffalo19.7 mi away

11%316

Tonawanda13.6 mi away

6%175

Lockport6.8 mi away

6%163

Niagara Falls11.4 mi away

6%156

Lockport6.3 mi away

5%155

Cambria (in town)right here

5%144

Lewiston6.6 mi away

5%140

Cheektowaga18.8 mi away

4%108

Wheatfield6.5 mi away

3%94

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%986

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

How far

How far Cambria commutes

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

34%

51%

10%

34%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cambria 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 Cambria are

1,011 jobs are based in Cambria. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cambria’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cambria

1,011 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Cambria residents hold

2,827 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−6%

Jobs based in Cambria, 2013 → 2023: 1,073 → 1,011. 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.