Work & commute · Newfane

Work & commute in Newfane, NY

Most working residents leave Newfane for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Lockport (11%), Buffalo (10%) and Amherst (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

585 of 4,091 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,506 Newfane residents head out of town to work, 585 work right here, and 1,204 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newfane.

3,506live here, work elsewhere

585live and work here

1,204work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newfane goes to work

Newfane (in town)right here

14%585

Lockport8.7 mi away

11%462

Buffalo29.1 mi away

10%424

Amherst19.9 mi away

9%376

Lockport10.2 mi away

9%370

Tonawanda23.4 mi away

3%140

Niagara Falls21.4 mi away

3%111

Cheektowaga26.7 mi away

3%107

Wheatfield16.9 mi away

2%84

Lewiston15.1 mi away

2%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,357

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

How far

How far Newfane commutes

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

33%

38%

17%

11%

33%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newfane is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newfane are

1,789 jobs are based in Newfane. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newfane’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newfane

1,789 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Newfane residents hold

4,091 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−3%

Jobs based in Newfane, 2013 → 2023: 1,838 → 1,789. 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.