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Work & commute in Eggertsville · A commuter town

98% of Eggertsville’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Eggertsville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (30%), Amherst (27%) and Cheektowaga (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Work in town
2%
165 of 6,769 working residents
Typical commute
6 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
18 min
Less than NY (33 min)
Work from home
12%
Less than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
2,969
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Eggertsville?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

30% of working residents work in Buffalo

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

TonawandaNorth TonawandaNiagara FallsBuffalo: 1,997 residents work here (30%)Rochester: 75 residents work here (1%)New York: 128 residents work here (2%)Alden: 101 residents work here (1%)Amherst: 1,850 residents work here (27%)Clarence: 170 residents work here (3%)West Seneca: 96 residents work here (1%)Tonawanda: 369 residents work here (5%)Lancaster: 164 residents work here (2%)Cheektowaga: 462 residents work here (7%)EggertsvilleBuffaloAmherstCheektowagaTonawandaClarenceLancasterEggertsville
1
Buffalo5.8 mi away
30%1,997
2
Amherst4 mi away
27%1,850
3
Cheektowaga5.1 mi away
7%462
4
Tonawanda3.7 mi away
5%369
5
Clarence9.1 mi away
3%170
6
Lancaster9.6 mi away
2%164
7
New York296.9 mi away
2%128
8
Alden15.1 mi away
1%101
9
West Seneca9.3 mi away
1%96
10
Rochester61.7 mi away
1%75
Everywhere elseother towns and states
20%1,357
The top trips

Where Eggertsville clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
141 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Eggertsville18 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
12%

of Eggertsville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Next door

57% of Eggertsville works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Buffalo (30%). Darker towns draw more of Eggertsville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Eggertsville18 min
Buffalo20 min
Amherst20 min
How far

Half of Eggertsville commutes less than 6 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBuffalo: 30% · 5.8 miAmherst: 27% · 4 miCheektowaga: 7% · 5.1 miTonawanda: 5% · 3.7 miClarence: 3% · 9.1 miLancaster: 2% · 9.6 miNew York: 2% · 296.9 miAlden: 1% · 15.1 miWest Seneca: 1% · 9.3 miRochester: 1% · 61.7 miBuffalo 30%Amherst 27%Cheektowaga 7%Tonawanda 5%Clarence 3%Eggertsville
EggertsvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
77%Under 10 mi5,199 residents
10%10–24 mi683 residents
2%25–50 mi105 residents
11%Over 50 mi776 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Day and night

Eggertsville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 6,604 residents head out to work, 165 work right here, and 2,804 people come in from elsewhere.

6,604live here, work elsewhere
165live and work here
2,804work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night15,000
Workday11,000
15,000live here− 6,600head out to work+ 2,800come in to work= 11,000on a workday

About 11,000 people are in Eggertsville on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.44jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The jobs

What the 2,969 jobs in Eggertsville are

2,969 jobs are based in Eggertsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eggertsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in EggertsvilleJobs Eggertsville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms4%9%
Trade, transport & utilities32%18%
Services: health, schools, offices64%73%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less23%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%23%
Over $3,333 a month41%62%

Who does it

29 or younger31%25%
30 to 5443%52%
55 and older25%24%
−25%

Jobs based in Eggertsville, 2013 → 2023: 3,971 → 2,969. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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