Work & commute · Gowanda

Work & commute in Gowanda, NY

Most working residents leave Gowanda for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Collins (12%), Persia (11%) and Perrysburg (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

156 of 930 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 774 Gowanda residents head out of town to work, 156 work right here, and 797 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gowanda.

774live here, work elsewhere

156live and work here

797work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gowanda goes to work

Collins4 mi away

12%112

Persia2.9 mi away

11%100

Perrysburg4.5 mi away

5%51

Buffalo30.1 mi away

5%49

Hamburg19.7 mi away

5%47

Amherst39.1 mi away

4%34

North Collins8.6 mi away

3%28

Salamanca23.1 mi away

3%25

West Seneca27.7 mi away

2%22

Concord13.1 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%441

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

How far

How far Gowanda commutes

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

32%

27%

26%

16%

32%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gowanda is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gowanda are

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

Jobs based in Gowanda

953 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Gowanda residents hold

930 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−42%

Jobs based in Gowanda, 2013 → 2023: 1,648 → 953. 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.