Work & commute · Friendship

Work & commute in Friendship, NY

Most working residents leave Friendship for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Amity (14%), Cuba (11%) and Wellsville (10%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 714 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 675 Friendship residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 565 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Friendship.

675live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

565work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Friendship goes to work

Amity6.6 mi away

14%98

Cuba5.7 mi away

11%79

Wellsville12.5 mi away

10%71

Olean18 mi away

6%42

Friendship (in town)right here

5%39

Alfred17.3 mi away

3%21

Buffalo59.7 mi away

2%16

Hornell25.3 mi away

2%15

Scio8.5 mi away

2%14

Olean18.4 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%306

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

How far

How far Friendship commutes

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

38%

25%

10%

27%

38%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Friendship is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Friendship are

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

Jobs based in Friendship

604 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Friendship residents hold

714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+18%

Jobs based in Friendship, 2013 → 2023: 513 → 604. 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.