Work & commute · Lockport

Work & commute in Lockport, NY

Most working residents leave Lockport for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Amherst (16%), Buffalo (12%) and Lockport (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

939 of 9,319 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,380 Lockport residents head out of town to work, 939 work right here, and 7,014 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lockport.

8,380live here, work elsewhere

939live and work here

7,014work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lockport goes to work

Amherst10 mi away

16%1,461

Buffalo19.6 mi away

12%1,151

Lockport1.5 mi away

11%1,055

Lockport (in town)right here

10%939

Cheektowaga16.6 mi away

5%457

Tonawanda14.7 mi away

5%436

Clarence8.8 mi away

3%298

Lancaster16.6 mi away

2%227

Niagara Falls16.7 mi away

2%219

Pendleton4.7 mi away

2%191

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,885

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

How far

How far Lockport commutes

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

34%

52%

10%

34%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lockport is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lockport are

7,953 jobs are based in Lockport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lockport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lockport

7,953 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Lockport residents hold

9,319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+16%

Jobs based in Lockport, 2013 → 2023: 6,876 → 7,953. 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.