Work & commute · East Otto

Work & commute in East Otto, NY

Most working residents leave East Otto for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Concord (13%), Ellicottville (8%) and Little Valley (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 346 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 343 East Otto residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Otto.

343live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Otto goes to work

Concord9.2 mi away

13%44

Ellicottville8.6 mi away

8%29

Little Valley12.7 mi away

5%17

Hamburg23.6 mi away

5%16

Buffalo34 mi away

4%15

Ashford5.6 mi away

4%14

Salamanca17 mi away

3%11

Arcade22.1 mi away

3%10

West Seneca29.7 mi away

2%7

Rochester77.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%177

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

How far

How far East Otto commutes

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

26%

31%

25%

18%

26%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Otto is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Otto are

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

Jobs based in East Otto

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs East Otto residents hold

346 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+52%

Jobs based in East Otto, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 50. 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.