Work & commute · Lakewood

Work & commute in Lakewood, NY

Most working residents leave Lakewood for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (24%), Ellicott (17%) and Busti (17%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

124 of 1,178 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,054 Lakewood residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 1,630 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakewood.

1,054live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

1,630work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakewood goes to work

Jamestown4.3 mi away

24%282

Ellicott4.9 mi away

17%199

Busti3.4 mi away

17%195

Chautauqua13.7 mi away

5%54

Buffalo59.6 mi away

3%32

Amherst69.3 mi away

2%27

Ellery6.5 mi away

2%26

Dunkirk26.4 mi away

1%17

New York296.1 mi away

1%16

Evans41.6 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%314

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

How far

How far Lakewood commutes

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

63%

23%

63%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakewood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakewood are

1,754 jobs are based in Lakewood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lakewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lakewood

1,754 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Lakewood residents hold

1,178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−16%

Jobs based in Lakewood, 2013 → 2023: 2,100 → 1,754. 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.