Work & commute · Niagara

Work & commute in Niagara, NY

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

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

356 of 3,468 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 3,112 Niagara residents head out of town to work, 356 work right here, and 5,056 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Niagara.

3,112live here, work elsewhere

356live and work here

5,056work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Niagara goes to work

Niagara Falls2.3 mi away

18%612

Buffalo16.6 mi away

13%457

Niagara (in town)right here

10%356

Amherst13.4 mi away

10%344

Lewiston5 mi away

6%212

Tonawanda10.6 mi away

6%204

Wheatfield5.1 mi away

6%200

Cheektowaga18.6 mi away

4%123

Grand Island6.8 mi away

3%104

North Tonawanda7.2 mi away

2%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%777

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

How far

How far Niagara commutes

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

50%

38%

50%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Niagara is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Niagara are

5,412 jobs are based in Niagara. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Niagara’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Niagara

5,412 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Niagara residents hold

3,468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+16%

Jobs based in Niagara, 2013 → 2023: 4,652 → 5,412. 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.