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Work & commute in Lime Lake · A commuter town

100% of Lime Lake’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Lime Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Arcade (13%), Yorkshire (11%) and Sardinia (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 267 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
29 min
Less than NY (33 min)
Work from home
6%
Less than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
34
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Lime Lake?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

13% of working residents work in Arcade

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

LockportSyracuseBuffalo: 9 residents work here (3%)Aurora: 9 residents work here (3%)CaneadeaMachiasSouth ValleyYorkshire: 30 residents work here (11%)MiddlesexElma: 8 residents work here (3%)FarmersvilleAmherst: 8 residents work here (3%)Concord: 10 residents work here (4%)Little Valley: 9 residents work here (3%)Freedom: 7 residents work here (3%)Sardinia: 15 residents work here (6%)Arcade: 35 residents work here (13%)Lime LakeArcadeYorkshireSardiniaConcordBuffaloAuroraLime Lake
1
Arcade11.3 mi away
13%35
2
Yorkshire3.6 mi away
11%30
3
Sardinia8.9 mi away
6%15
4
Concord13 mi away
4%10
5
Buffalo37 mi away
3%9
6
Aurora22.5 mi away
3%9
7
Little Valley20 mi away
3%9
8
Elma28.5 mi away
3%8
9
Amherst42.3 mi away
3%8
10
Freedom6.3 mi away
3%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%127
The top trips

Where Lime Lake clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Lime Lake quiets down on a workday

On a workday 267 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.

267live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
34work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night660
Workday420
660live here− 270head out to work+ 34come in to work= 420on a workday

About 420 people are in Lime Lake on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Lime Lake commutes less than 23 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 miArcade: 13% · 11.3 miYorkshire: 11% · 3.6 miSardinia: 6% · 8.9 miConcord: 4% · 13 miBuffalo: 3% · 37 miAurora: 3% · 22.5 miLittle Valley: 3% · 20 miElma: 3% · 28.5 miAmherst: 3% · 42.3 miFreedom: 3% · 6.3 miArcade 13%Yorkshire 11%Sardinia 6%Buffalo 3%Lime Lake
Lime LakeTop destinations (size = commuters)
34%Under 10 mi91 residents
21%10–24 mi57 residents
28%25–50 mi74 residents
17%Over 50 mi45 residents

About 17% 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.

The jobs

What the 34 jobs in Lime Lake are

34 jobs are based in Lime Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lime Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lime LakeJobs Lime Lake residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms3%28%
Trade, transport & utilities56%24%
Services: health, schools, offices41%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less21%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%32%
Over $3,333 a month53%52%

Who does it

29 or younger18%24%
30 to 5441%49%
55 and older41%27%
−56%

Jobs based in Lime Lake, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 34. 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.

Time on the road

About 29 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
225 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Lime Lake29 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
6%

of Lime Lake workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Next door

11% of Lime Lake works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Yorkshire (11%). Darker towns draw more of Lime Lake’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Machias24 min
Farmersville25 min
Yorkshire27 min
Lime Lake29 min
How to read these numbers

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.
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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.

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