Work & commute · French Creek

Work & commute in French Creek, NY

Most working residents leave French Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Clymer (13%), Sherman (7%) and Mina (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 316 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 307 French Creek residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in French Creek.

307live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where French Creek goes to work

Clymer5.8 mi away

13%40

Sherman9.4 mi away

7%23

Mina5.8 mi away

7%23

Jamestown24.7 mi away

6%19

Ellicott25.2 mi away

5%17

Buffalo73.1 mi away

5%15

Chautauqua17.4 mi away

4%14

Busti19.8 mi away

4%13

Amherst82.8 mi away

3%11

French Creek (in town)right here

3%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%132

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

How far

How far French Creek commutes

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

28%

30%

34%

28%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

French Creek is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in French Creek are

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

Jobs based in French Creek

92 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs French Creek residents hold

316 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+14%

Jobs based in French Creek, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 92. 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.