Work & commute · Middleport

Work & commute in Middleport, NY

Most working residents leave Middleport for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Royalton (13%), Amherst (9%) and Ridgeway (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

68 of 805 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 737 Middleport residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 409 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middleport.

737live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

409work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middleport goes to work

Royalton5.6 mi away

13%106

Amherst19.8 mi away

9%73

Ridgeway6.1 mi away

9%69

Buffalo29.4 mi away

8%66

Lockport11.5 mi away

7%58

Shelby5.2 mi away

5%44

Lockport11.7 mi away

5%43

Cheektowaga24.8 mi away

3%25

Niagara Falls28.4 mi away

3%21

New York292.2 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%280

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

How far

How far Middleport commutes

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

30%

38%

23%

30%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middleport is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middleport are

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

Jobs based in Middleport

477 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Middleport residents hold

805 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−1%

Jobs based in Middleport, 2013 → 2023: 480 → 477. 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.