Work & commute · Royalton

Work & commute in Royalton, NY

Most working residents leave Royalton for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Amherst (12%), Buffalo (9%) and Lockport (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

375 of 3,512 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,137 Royalton residents head out of town to work, 375 work right here, and 964 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Royalton.

3,137live here, work elsewhere

375live and work here

964work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Royalton goes to work

Amherst14.2 mi away

12%430

Royalton (in town)right here

11%375

Buffalo23.8 mi away

9%303

Lockport7.1 mi away

8%294

Lockport6.9 mi away

6%227

Cheektowaga19.4 mi away

4%142

Shelby8.6 mi away

4%140

Newstead9.8 mi away

4%131

Tonawanda20.1 mi away

4%130

Ridgeway11.6 mi away

3%109

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,231

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

How far

How far Royalton 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

12%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Royalton is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Royalton are

1,339 jobs are based in Royalton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Royalton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Royalton

1,339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Royalton residents hold

3,512 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−2%

Jobs based in Royalton, 2013 → 2023: 1,369 → 1,339. 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.