Work & commute · Stafford

Work & commute in Stafford, NY

Most working residents leave Stafford for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Batavia (14%), Le Roy (11%) and Rochester (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 1,168 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,133 Stafford residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 360 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stafford.

1,133live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

360work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stafford goes to work

Batavia4.9 mi away

14%166

Le Roy6 mi away

11%132

Rochester26.7 mi away

10%114

Batavia7.3 mi away

6%67

Henrietta22.9 mi away

5%54

Buffalo39.8 mi away

4%42

Stafford (in town)right here

3%35

Amherst34 mi away

3%31

Gates21.8 mi away

3%31

Bergen9.8 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%467

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

How far

How far Stafford commutes

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

38%

27%

25%

38%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stafford is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stafford are

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

Jobs based in Stafford

395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Stafford residents hold

1,168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+24%

Jobs based in Stafford, 2013 → 2023: 319 → 395. 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.