Work & commute · Wayland

Work & commute in Wayland, NY

About one in 5 of Wayland’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are North Dansville (11%), Geneseo (3%) and Hornell (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

286 of 1,334 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,048 Wayland residents head out of town to work, 286 work right here, and 567 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wayland.

1,048live here, work elsewhere

286live and work here

567work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wayland goes to work

Wayland (in town)right here

21%286

North Dansville5.3 mi away

11%142

Geneseo21.6 mi away

3%45

Hornell13.6 mi away

3%37

Bath20 mi away

3%34

Rochester44.6 mi away

2%30

Cohocton5.9 mi away

2%27

Hornellsville13.7 mi away

2%25

Lima25.7 mi away

2%24

Farmington35.3 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%663

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

How far

How far Wayland commutes

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

36%

22%

23%

18%

36%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wayland is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wayland are

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

Jobs based in Wayland

853 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Wayland residents hold

1,334 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−50%

Jobs based in Wayland, 2013 → 2023: 1,712 → 853. 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.