Work & commute · North Tonawanda

Work & commute in North Tonawanda, NY

Most working residents leave North Tonawanda for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Amherst (20%), Buffalo (15%) and Tonawanda (10%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,637 of 12,918 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,281 North Tonawanda residents head out of town to work, 1,637 work right here, and 4,923 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Tonawanda.

11,281live here, work elsewhere

1,637live and work here

4,923work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Tonawanda goes to work

Amherst6.3 mi away

20%2,525

Buffalo10.8 mi away

15%1,975

North Tonawanda (in town)right here

13%1,637

Tonawanda4.6 mi away

10%1,237

Niagara Falls7.8 mi away

4%541

Cheektowaga11.6 mi away

4%462

Wheatfield3.2 mi away

3%452

Tonawanda2.6 mi away

3%438

New York302.6 mi away

2%291

Lockport11.3 mi away

2%262

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%3,098

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

How far

How far North Tonawanda commutes

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

67%

22%

10%

67%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Tonawanda is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Tonawanda are

6,560 jobs are based in North Tonawanda. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Tonawanda’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Tonawanda

6,560 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs North Tonawanda residents hold

12,918 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−8%

Jobs based in North Tonawanda, 2013 → 2023: 7,129 → 6,560. 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.