Work & commute · Genesee

Work & commute in Genesee, NY

Most working residents leave Genesee for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Olean (19%), Portville (7%) and Bolivar (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 619 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 612 Genesee residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Genesee.

612live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Genesee goes to work

Olean10.1 mi away

19%117

Portville5.8 mi away

7%45

Bolivar6.3 mi away

5%32

Wellsville17.1 mi away

5%30

Allegany15.1 mi away

4%27

Cuba11.2 mi away

4%23

Olean9.3 mi away

3%19

Buffalo66.4 mi away

3%18

Amherst71.6 mi away

3%16

Jamestown51 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%282

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

How far

How far Genesee commutes

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

30%

29%

35%

30%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Genesee is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Genesee are

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

Jobs based in Genesee

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Genesee residents hold

619 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+78%

Jobs based in Genesee, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 64. 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.