Work & commute · Machias

Work & commute in Machias, NY

Most working residents leave Machias for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Arcade (11%), Yorkshire (7%) and Concord (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 823 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 809 Machias residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Machias.

809live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Machias goes to work

Arcade13.9 mi away

11%87

Yorkshire5.7 mi away

7%57

Concord13.8 mi away

5%43

Franklinville6.5 mi away

4%37

Little Valley17.6 mi away

4%34

Sardinia11.1 mi away

4%29

Olean22 mi away

3%27

Buffalo38.6 mi away

3%26

Ellicottville9.4 mi away

3%25

Aurora24.5 mi away

3%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%435

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

How far

How far Machias commutes

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

30%

29%

26%

16%

30%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Machias is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Machias are

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

Jobs based in Machias

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Machias residents hold

823 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−36%

Jobs based in Machias, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 133. 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.