Work & commute · Cuba

Work & commute in Cuba, NY

Most working residents leave Cuba for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Cuba (22%), Olean (13%) and Friendship (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

71 of 606 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 535 Cuba residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 740 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cuba.

535live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

740work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cuba goes to work

Cuba1.8 mi away

22%134

Olean12.4 mi away

13%80

Friendship7.3 mi away

6%37

Wellsville19.2 mi away

6%34

Allegany15.8 mi away

4%22

Amity13.9 mi away

3%20

Buffalo55.3 mi away

3%19

Portville11.5 mi away

2%14

Amherst60 mi away

2%12

Olean13.3 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%223

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

How far

How far Cuba commutes

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

29%

37%

12%

22%

29%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cuba is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cuba are

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

Jobs based in Cuba

811 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Cuba residents hold

606 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−2%

Jobs based in Cuba, 2013 → 2023: 827 → 811. 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.