Work & commute · Cherry Creek

Work & commute in Cherry Creek, NY

Most working residents leave Cherry Creek for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (9%), Dunkirk (7%) and Dunkirk (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 407 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 380 Cherry Creek residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 287 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherry Creek.

380live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

287work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cherry Creek goes to work

Jamestown15.3 mi away

9%38

Dunkirk16.4 mi away

7%27

Cherry Creek (in town)right here

7%27

Dunkirk15.4 mi away

6%24

Ellicott13.1 mi away

6%24

Pomfret13 mi away

5%22

Chautauqua20.1 mi away

5%20

Gerry7.6 mi away

4%15

Hanover12.8 mi away

3%14

Buffalo42.9 mi away

3%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%183

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

How far

How far Cherry Creek commutes

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

14%

56%

16%

14%

14%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cherry Creek 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 Cherry Creek are

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

Jobs based in Cherry Creek

314 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Cherry Creek residents hold

407 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+5%

Jobs based in Cherry Creek, 2013 → 2023: 299 → 314. 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.