Work & commute · Pendleton

Work & commute in Pendleton, NY

Most working residents leave Pendleton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Amherst (19%), Buffalo (15%) and Tonawanda (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

207 of 3,337 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,130 Pendleton residents head out of town to work, 207 work right here, and 1,691 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pendleton.

3,130live here, work elsewhere

207live and work here

1,691work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pendleton goes to work

Amherst6.4 mi away

19%623

Buffalo15.4 mi away

15%505

Tonawanda10.1 mi away

7%227

Pendleton (in town)right here

6%207

Cheektowaga13.5 mi away

5%177

Lockport5.7 mi away

5%163

Lockport4.7 mi away

4%131

Clarence8.1 mi away

4%117

Wheatfield6 mi away

3%101

North Tonawanda6.6 mi away

3%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%994

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

How far

How far Pendleton commutes

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

48%

40%

10%

48%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pendleton is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pendleton are

1,898 jobs are based in Pendleton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pendleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pendleton

1,898 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Pendleton residents hold

3,337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−14%

Jobs based in Pendleton, 2013 → 2023: 2,206 → 1,898. 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.