Work & commute · Depew

Work & commute in Depew, NY

Most working residents leave Depew for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (21%), Amherst (16%) and Cheektowaga (14%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

558 of 7,194 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 6,636 Depew residents head out of town to work, 558 work right here, and 8,111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Depew.

6,636live here, work elsewhere

558live and work here

8,111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Depew goes to work

Buffalo8 mi away

21%1,483

Amherst7.4 mi away

16%1,156

Cheektowaga1.9 mi away

14%985

Lancaster3.7 mi away

13%936

Tonawanda10 mi away

3%247

West Seneca5.6 mi away

3%228

Clarence8.3 mi away

3%216

Hamburg14.2 mi away

3%180

Alden9.3 mi away

2%177

Orchard Park11.1 mi away

2%177

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%1,409

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

How far

How far Depew commutes

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

75%

14%

10%

75%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Depew is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Depew are

8,669 jobs are based in Depew. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Depew’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Depew

8,669 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Depew residents hold

7,194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−3%

Jobs based in Depew, 2013 → 2023: 8,955 → 8,669. 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.