Work & commute · Lewiston

Work & commute in Lewiston, NY

Most working residents leave Lewiston for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Niagara Falls (13%), Buffalo (13%) and Amherst (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,117 of 6,816 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,699 Lewiston residents head out of town to work, 1,117 work right here, and 4,286 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewiston.

5,699live here, work elsewhere

1,117live and work here

4,286work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lewiston goes to work

Lewiston (in town)right here

16%1,117

Niagara Falls7.1 mi away

13%877

Buffalo20.7 mi away

13%856

Amherst15.4 mi away

10%651

Tonawanda14.4 mi away

5%342

Niagara5 mi away

4%277

Wheatfield7.1 mi away

4%260

Cheektowaga21.7 mi away

3%209

Lockport12.9 mi away

3%176

Grand Island11.5 mi away

2%160

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,891

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

How far

How far Lewiston commutes

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

40%

41%

12%

40%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lewiston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewiston are

5,403 jobs are based in Lewiston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lewiston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lewiston

5,403 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Lewiston residents hold

6,816 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−7%

Jobs based in Lewiston, 2013 → 2023: 5,817 → 5,403. 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.