Work & commute · Falconer

Work & commute in Falconer, NY

Most working residents leave Falconer for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (27%), Ellicott (21%) and Busti (8%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 933 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 847 Falconer residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 1,746 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Falconer.

847live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

1,746work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Falconer goes to work

Jamestown2.5 mi away

27%254

Ellicott2.2 mi away

21%193

Busti8.1 mi away

8%78

Ellery9.4 mi away

3%32

Chautauqua18 mi away

3%30

Buffalo56.1 mi away

3%24

Carroll7.4 mi away

2%22

Amherst65.6 mi away

2%20

Cheektowaga59.4 mi away

1%13

Dunkirk25.9 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%255

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

How far

How far Falconer commutes

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

63%

10%

22%

63%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Falconer is a job hub

1.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Falconer are

1,832 jobs are based in Falconer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Falconer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Falconer

1,832 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Falconer residents hold

933 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+22%

Jobs based in Falconer, 2013 → 2023: 1,503 → 1,832. 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.