Work & commute · Persia

Work & commute in Persia, NY

Most working residents leave Persia for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Collins (11%), Perrysburg (6%) and Hamburg (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

100 of 803 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 703 Persia residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 566 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Persia.

703live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

566work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Persia goes to work

Persia (in town)right here

12%100

Collins5.6 mi away

11%91

Perrysburg6.6 mi away

6%50

Hamburg22.3 mi away

5%39

North Collins10.9 mi away

3%23

Buffalo32.8 mi away

3%22

Salamanca20.3 mi away

2%19

Concord13.7 mi away

2%19

Little Valley15.7 mi away

2%18

Amherst41.7 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%405

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

How far

How far Persia commutes

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

34%

28%

18%

20%

34%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Persia 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 Persia are

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

Jobs based in Persia

666 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Persia residents hold

803 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−48%

Jobs based in Persia, 2013 → 2023: 1,278 → 666. 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.