Work & commute · Hinsdale

Work & commute in Hinsdale, NY

Most working residents leave Hinsdale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Olean (25%), Allegany (9%) and Little Valley (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 833 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 827 Hinsdale residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hinsdale.

827live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hinsdale goes to work

Olean6.6 mi away

25%206

Allegany9.7 mi away

9%79

Little Valley20.2 mi away

6%48

Portville7.2 mi away

5%42

Olean7.8 mi away

4%33

Ellicottville17 mi away

2%20

Amherst61.6 mi away

2%19

Salamanca18.1 mi away

2%17

Cuba7.2 mi away

2%17

Buffalo55.9 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%336

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

How far

How far Hinsdale commutes

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

45%

21%

10%

24%

45%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hinsdale is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hinsdale are

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

Jobs based in Hinsdale

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Hinsdale residents hold

833 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

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Jobs based in Hinsdale, 2013 → 2023: 213 → 213. 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.