Work & commute · Pomfret

Work & commute in Pomfret, NY

Most working residents leave Pomfret for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Dunkirk (14%), Dunkirk (7%) and Jamestown (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

778 of 4,042 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,264 Pomfret residents head out of town to work, 778 work right here, and 2,786 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pomfret.

3,264live here, work elsewhere

778live and work here

2,786work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pomfret goes to work

Pomfret (in town)right here

19%778

Dunkirk5.2 mi away

14%581

Dunkirk4.5 mi away

7%265

Jamestown21.9 mi away

5%184

Buffalo41.4 mi away

4%176

Chautauqua14.3 mi away

4%144

Amherst51.2 mi away

3%126

Evans24.1 mi away

3%116

Portland6.8 mi away

3%107

Hanover12.6 mi away

2%96

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,469

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

How far

How far Pomfret commutes

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

44%

19%

18%

44%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pomfret is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pomfret are

3,564 jobs are based in Pomfret. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pomfret’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pomfret

3,564 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Pomfret residents hold

4,042 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−22%

Jobs based in Pomfret, 2013 → 2023: 4,580 → 3,564. 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.