Work & commute · Jamestown

Work & commute in Jamestown, NY

About one in 3 of Jamestown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ellicott (16%), Busti (8%) and Buffalo (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

3,573 of 10,435 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 6,862 Jamestown residents head out of town to work, 3,573 work right here, and 6,671 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jamestown.

6,862live here, work elsewhere

3,573live and work here

6,671work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jamestown goes to work

Jamestown (in town)right here

34%3,573

Ellicott2.4 mi away

16%1,671

Busti5.6 mi away

8%802

Buffalo58.2 mi away

4%372

Chautauqua17 mi away

3%274

Amherst67.7 mi away

2%249

New York291.9 mi away

1%143

Ellery8.8 mi away

1%143

Dunkirk26.9 mi away

1%128

Cheektowaga61.5 mi away

1%127

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%2,953

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

How far

How far Jamestown commutes

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

61%

25%

61%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jamestown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jamestown are

10,244 jobs are based in Jamestown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jamestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jamestown

10,244 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Jamestown residents hold

10,435 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−20%

Jobs based in Jamestown, 2013 → 2023: 12,745 → 10,244. 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.