Work & commute · Hamburg

Work & commute in Hamburg, NY

Most working residents leave Hamburg for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (23%), Hamburg (20%) and Amherst (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

351 of 4,840 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,489 Hamburg residents head out of town to work, 351 work right here, and 2,657 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamburg.

4,489live here, work elsewhere

351live and work here

2,657work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamburg goes to work

Buffalo11.8 mi away

23%1,137

Hamburg1.6 mi away

20%990

Amherst20.3 mi away

9%458

Orchard Park5.2 mi away

6%300

Cheektowaga13.7 mi away

5%227

West Seneca9 mi away

3%160

Tonawanda18.1 mi away

2%114

Lancaster16.5 mi away

2%99

Aurora10 mi away

2%93

Lackawanna6.6 mi away

2%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,178

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

How far

How far Hamburg commutes

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

36%

50%

10%

36%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamburg is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamburg are

3,008 jobs are based in Hamburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hamburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hamburg

3,008 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Hamburg residents hold

4,840 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+12%

Jobs based in Hamburg, 2013 → 2023: 2,683 → 3,008. 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.