Work & commute · Lockport

Work & commute in Lockport, NY

Most working residents leave Lockport for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Amherst (15%), Lockport (11%) and Buffalo (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,600 of 9,233 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 7,633 Lockport residents head out of town to work, 1,600 work right here, and 5,662 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lockport.

7,633live here, work elsewhere

1,600live and work here

5,662work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lockport goes to work

Lockport (in town)right here

17%1,600

Amherst11.3 mi away

15%1,358

Lockport1.5 mi away

11%976

Buffalo20.8 mi away

10%934

Tonawanda15.7 mi away

4%356

Cheektowaga18.1 mi away

4%350

Niagara Falls16.9 mi away

3%264

Clarence10.3 mi away

2%221

New York299.6 mi away

2%188

Lancaster18.1 mi away

2%171

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%2,815

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%

50%

11%

34%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lockport 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 Lockport are

7,262 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

7,262 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Lockport residents hold

9,233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−16%

Jobs based in Lockport, 2013 → 2023: 8,655 → 7,262. 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.