Work & commute · Ellicott

Work & commute in Ellicott, NY

Most working residents leave Ellicott for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (28%), Busti (9%) and Chautauqua (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

667 of 3,451 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 2,784 Ellicott residents head out of town to work, 667 work right here, and 5,556 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellicott.

2,784live here, work elsewhere

667live and work here

5,556work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellicott goes to work

Jamestown2.4 mi away

28%980

Ellicott (in town)right here

19%667

Busti7.3 mi away

9%303

Chautauqua15.7 mi away

4%133

Buffalo55.9 mi away

3%110

Amherst65.4 mi away

3%99

Ellery7.2 mi away

2%75

Carroll9.5 mi away

1%48

Evans37.9 mi away

1%42

Cheektowaga59.3 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%952

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

How far

How far Ellicott commutes

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

62%

10%

23%

62%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellicott is a job hub

1.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellicott are

6,223 jobs are based in Ellicott. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ellicott’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ellicott

6,223 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Ellicott residents hold

3,451 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+1%

Jobs based in Ellicott, 2013 → 2023: 6,157 → 6,223. 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.