Work & commute · Ellery

Work & commute in Ellery, NY

Most working residents leave Ellery for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (19%), Ellicott (13%) and Chautauqua (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

149 of 1,561 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,412 Ellery residents head out of town to work, 149 work right here, and 586 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellery.

1,412live here, work elsewhere

149live and work here

586work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellery goes to work

Jamestown8.8 mi away

19%303

Ellicott7.2 mi away

13%205

Ellery (in town)right here

10%149

Chautauqua8.6 mi away

7%108

Busti9.7 mi away

5%81

Buffalo54.7 mi away

4%59

Amherst64.4 mi away

3%49

Gerry6.8 mi away

3%42

Dunkirk20.1 mi away

3%41

Cheektowaga58.7 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%503

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

How far

How far Ellery commutes

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

47%

21%

27%

47%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellery is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellery are

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

Jobs based in Ellery

735 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Ellery residents hold

1,561 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−13%

Jobs based in Ellery, 2013 → 2023: 844 → 735. 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.