Work & commute · Sardinia

Work & commute in Sardinia, NY

Most working residents leave Sardinia for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (13%), Concord (8%) and Arcade (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 1,310 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,228 Sardinia residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 571 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sardinia.

1,228live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

571work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sardinia goes to work

Buffalo28.5 mi away

13%164

Concord8.7 mi away

8%111

Sardinia (in town)right here

6%82

Arcade8.3 mi away

6%75

Amherst33.4 mi away

5%61

Cheektowaga26.6 mi away

4%58

Holland7.8 mi away

4%52

West Seneca22.4 mi away

4%52

Aurora13.7 mi away

4%47

Hamburg20.8 mi away

4%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%562

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

How far

How far Sardinia commutes

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

25%

34%

32%

10%

25%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sardinia is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sardinia are

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

Jobs based in Sardinia

653 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Sardinia residents hold

1,310 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+7%

Jobs based in Sardinia, 2013 → 2023: 612 → 653. 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.