Work & commute · Great Valley

Work & commute in Great Valley, NY

Most working residents leave Great Valley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Olean (9%), Salamanca (8%) and Allegany (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 815 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 793 Great Valley residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 276 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Great Valley.

793live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

276work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Great Valley goes to work

Olean13.2 mi away

9%74

Salamanca5.2 mi away

8%65

Allegany9.4 mi away

8%63

Ellicottville7.3 mi away

8%63

Little Valley6.4 mi away

7%55

Franklinville10.1 mi away

3%24

Great Valley (in town)right here

3%22

Amherst56.3 mi away

3%21

Buffalo49 mi away

2%20

Cuba20.2 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%390

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

How far

How far Great Valley commutes

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

35%

29%

16%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Great Valley is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Great Valley are

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

Jobs based in Great Valley

298 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Great Valley residents hold

815 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−10%

Jobs based in Great Valley, 2013 → 2023: 331 → 298. 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.