Work & commute · Panama

Work & commute in Panama, NY

Most working residents leave Panama for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (14%), Busti (9%) and Harmony (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 203 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 190 Panama residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Panama.

190live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Panama goes to work

Jamestown13 mi away

14%28

Busti8.4 mi away

9%19

Harmony2 mi away

9%18

Chautauqua12 mi away

8%17

Ellicott13.6 mi away

7%14

Buffalo65.3 mi away

4%8

Ellery10.8 mi away

3%6

North Harmony4.1 mi away

3%6

Hamburg56.4 mi away

2%4

Ripley16.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%79

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

How far

How far Panama commutes

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

30%

39%

25%

30%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Panama is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Panama are

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

Jobs based in Panama

168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Panama residents hold

203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+23%

Jobs based in Panama, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 168. 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.