Work & commute · Newstead

Work & commute in Newstead, NY

Most working residents leave Newstead for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Amherst (14%), Buffalo (11%) and Clarence (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

696 of 3,949 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,253 Newstead residents head out of town to work, 696 work right here, and 2,352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newstead.

3,253live here, work elsewhere

696live and work here

2,352work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newstead goes to work

Newstead (in town)right here

18%696

Amherst11.9 mi away

14%550

Buffalo19.1 mi away

11%454

Clarence6.3 mi away

10%387

Lancaster9.2 mi away

6%242

Cheektowaga13.4 mi away

6%239

Alden7.6 mi away

4%151

Tonawanda18.1 mi away

2%89

West Seneca17 mi away

2%61

New York286.5 mi away

2%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,020

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

How far

How far Newstead commutes

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

36%

50%

36%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newstead is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newstead are

3,048 jobs are based in Newstead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newstead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newstead

3,048 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Newstead residents hold

3,949 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+16%

Jobs based in Newstead, 2013 → 2023: 2,618 → 3,048. 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.