Work & commute · Little Valley

Work & commute in Little Valley, NY

Most working residents leave Little Valley for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Little Valley (14%), Salamanca (10%) and Ellicottville (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

57 of 414 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 357 Little Valley residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 1,457 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little Valley.

357live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

1,457work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Little Valley goes to work

Little Valley2.7 mi away

14%58

Salamanca7 mi away

10%40

Ellicottville8.9 mi away

9%37

Olean21.9 mi away

4%15

Randolph13 mi away

3%13

Buffalo44.5 mi away

3%12

Amherst52.7 mi away

3%12

Jamestown24.7 mi away

2%10

Ellicott23.8 mi away

2%9

Allegany17.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%200

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

How far

How far Little Valley commutes

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

41%

21%

16%

22%

41%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Little Valley is a job hub

3.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Little Valley are

1,514 jobs are based in Little Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Little Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Little Valley

1,514 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Little Valley residents hold

414 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−47%

Jobs based in Little Valley, 2013 → 2023: 2,877 → 1,514. 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.