Work & commute · Clarence

Work & commute in Clarence, NY

Most working residents leave Clarence for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Amherst (23%), Buffalo (19%) and Cheektowaga (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

2,041 of 15,187 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,146 Clarence residents head out of town to work, 2,041 work right here, and 10,304 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarence.

13,146live here, work elsewhere

2,041live and work here

10,304work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarence goes to work

Amherst5.7 mi away

23%3,439

Buffalo14.2 mi away

19%2,873

Clarence (in town)right here

13%2,041

Cheektowaga9.3 mi away

7%1,022

Lancaster7.9 mi away

4%669

Tonawanda12 mi away

4%629

New York292.1 mi away

2%277

Alden10.3 mi away

2%256

West Seneca14 mi away

2%242

Orchard Park19.4 mi away

2%238

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%3,501

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

How far

How far Clarence commutes

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

52%

35%

10%

52%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarence is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarence are

12,345 jobs are based in Clarence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarence

12,345 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Clarence residents hold

15,187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−3%

Jobs based in Clarence, 2013 → 2023: 12,747 → 12,345. 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.