Work & commute · Gates

Work & commute in Gates, NY

Most working residents leave Gates for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (32%), Henrietta (10%) and Greece (8%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,419 of 13,757 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,338 Gates residents head out of town to work, 1,419 work right here, and 18,860 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gates.

12,338live here, work elsewhere

1,419live and work here

18,860work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gates goes to work

Rochester5 mi away

32%4,454

Gates (in town)right here

10%1,419

Henrietta7.7 mi away

10%1,365

Greece6.8 mi away

8%1,092

Brighton7.1 mi away

4%608

Chili4.9 mi away

3%398

Ogden5.2 mi away

3%390

Perinton15.2 mi away

2%328

Irondequoit8.2 mi away

2%284

New York259.3 mi away

2%281

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%3,138

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

How far

How far Gates commutes

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

75%

12%

75%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gates is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gates are

20,279 jobs are based in Gates. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gates’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gates

20,279 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Gates residents hold

13,757 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+10%

Jobs based in Gates, 2013 → 2023: 18,513 → 20,279. 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.