Work & commute · Cattaraugus

Work & commute in Cattaraugus, NY

Most working residents leave Cattaraugus for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Little Valley (6%), Dayton (4%) and Buffalo (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 277 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 267 Cattaraugus residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cattaraugus.

267live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cattaraugus goes to work

Little Valley9.1 mi away

6%16

Dayton7.3 mi away

4%12

Buffalo38.9 mi away

4%11

New Albion1.9 mi away

4%11

Amherst47.4 mi away

4%10

Concord16.7 mi away

4%10

Hanover16.7 mi away

3%8

Persia6.7 mi away

3%8

Salamanca13.6 mi away

3%7

Ellicottville11.5 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%177

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

How far

How far Cattaraugus commutes

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

19%

31%

24%

26%

19%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cattaraugus is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cattaraugus are

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

Jobs based in Cattaraugus

92 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Cattaraugus residents hold

277 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−74%

Jobs based in Cattaraugus, 2013 → 2023: 350 → 92. 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.