95% of Jamestown West’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Jamestown West for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (27%), Ellicott (18%) and Busti (12%). Half commute less than 4 miles.
The short version on getting to work from Jamestown West
Commutes from Jamestown West are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 169 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Jamestown West works one town over
39% of working residents work in a town that borders Jamestown West: Jamestown (27%) and Busti (12%). Next door ↓
Most Jamestown West residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
About 11 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jamestown West workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
39% of Jamestown West works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Jamestown (27%). Darker towns draw more of Jamestown West’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Half of Jamestown West commutes less than 4 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Jamestown West fills up on a workday
On a workday 963 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 1,246 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Jamestown West on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
27% of working residents work in Jamestown
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Jamestown West clocks in
27% of workers
18% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 1,300 jobs in Jamestown West are
1,300 jobs are based in Jamestown West. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jamestown West’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jamestown West, 2013 → 2023: 1,690 → 1,300. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Jamestown West
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jamestown West, from the people who make the trip.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.