Work & commute · Gerry

Work & commute in Gerry, NY

Most working residents leave Gerry for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (18%), Ellicott (17%) and Ellery (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 706 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 661 Gerry residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 583 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gerry.

661live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

583work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gerry goes to work

Jamestown9 mi away

18%130

Ellicott6.5 mi away

17%117

Ellery6.8 mi away

8%53

Chautauqua14.1 mi away

7%52

Gerry (in town)right here

6%45

Busti13.1 mi away

5%33

Dunkirk18.3 mi away

3%21

Buffalo49.7 mi away

3%21

Amherst59.3 mi away

3%19

Pomfret13.4 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%200

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

How far

How far Gerry commutes

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

49%

25%

20%

49%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gerry is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gerry are

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

Jobs based in Gerry

628 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Gerry residents hold

706 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+117%

Jobs based in Gerry, 2013 → 2023: 289 → 628. 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.