Work & commute · Ransomville

Work & commute in Ransomville, NY

Most working residents leave Ransomville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Niagara Falls (10%), Lewiston (10%) and Buffalo (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 592 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 575 Ransomville residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ransomville.

575live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

223work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ransomville goes to work

Niagara Falls11.4 mi away

10%61

Lewiston4.3 mi away

10%59

Buffalo24.1 mi away

8%48

Porter3.2 mi away

8%46

Amherst17.6 mi away

7%43

Tonawanda17.8 mi away

5%32

Lockport12.8 mi away

5%27

Wilson5.5 mi away

5%27

Lockport12 mi away

4%25

Wheatfield10.1 mi away

4%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%199

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

How far

How far Ransomville commutes

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

30%

50%

12%

30%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ransomville is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ransomville are

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

Jobs based in Ransomville

240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Ransomville residents hold

592 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−20%

Jobs based in Ransomville, 2013 → 2023: 299 → 240. 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.