Work & commute · Evans

Work & commute in Evans, NY

Most working residents leave Evans for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (20%), Hamburg (12%) and Amherst (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

913 of 6,984 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 6,071 Evans residents head out of town to work, 913 work right here, and 2,541 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Evans.

6,071live here, work elsewhere

913live and work here

2,541work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Evans goes to work

Buffalo18 mi away

20%1,410

Evans (in town)right here

13%913

Hamburg9.5 mi away

12%857

Amherst27.7 mi away

7%523

Cheektowaga22.1 mi away

5%354

Orchard Park15.1 mi away

5%346

West Seneca18 mi away

3%234

Tonawanda23.6 mi away

2%149

New York295.5 mi away

2%128

Lancaster25.9 mi away

2%121

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,949

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

How far

How far Evans commutes

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

22%

52%

16%

11%

22%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Evans is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Evans are

3,454 jobs are based in Evans. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Evans’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Evans

3,454 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Evans residents hold

6,984 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−22%

Jobs based in Evans, 2013 → 2023: 4,409 → 3,454. 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.