Work & commute · Kenmore

Work & commute in Kenmore, NY

Most working residents leave Kenmore for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (32%), Amherst (17%) and Tonawanda (15%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

224 of 6,927 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,703 Kenmore residents head out of town to work, 224 work right here, and 2,185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kenmore.

6,703live here, work elsewhere

224live and work here

2,185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kenmore goes to work

Buffalo5 mi away

32%2,190

Amherst6.6 mi away

17%1,148

Tonawanda1.3 mi away

15%1,024

Cheektowaga7.6 mi away

6%409

Lancaster12.6 mi away

2%144

New York299.6 mi away

2%135

Grand Island5.9 mi away

2%128

Niagara Falls11.4 mi away

2%127

West Seneca10.7 mi away

2%120

Clarence12.1 mi away

1%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%1,405

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

How far

How far Kenmore commutes

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

77%

13%

77%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kenmore is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kenmore are

2,409 jobs are based in Kenmore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kenmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kenmore

2,409 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Kenmore residents hold

6,927 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−9%

Jobs based in Kenmore, 2013 → 2023: 2,638 → 2,409. 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.