Work & commute · West Seneca

Work & commute in West Seneca, NY

Most working residents leave West Seneca for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (25%), Amherst (12%) and Cheektowaga (10%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

2,647 of 22,020 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 19,373 West Seneca residents head out of town to work, 2,647 work right here, and 14,397 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Seneca.

19,373live here, work elsewhere

2,647live and work here

14,397work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Seneca goes to work

Buffalo6.7 mi away

25%5,561

Amherst12 mi away

12%2,664

West Seneca (in town)right here

12%2,647

Cheektowaga5 mi away

10%2,155

Orchard Park5.9 mi away

5%1,192

Hamburg8.7 mi away

4%954

Tonawanda11.9 mi away

4%778

Lancaster7.9 mi away

3%764

Aurora8.9 mi away

2%398

Alden12.6 mi away

2%381

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%4,526

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

How far

How far West Seneca commutes

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

68%

20%

10%

68%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Seneca is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Seneca are

17,044 jobs are based in West Seneca. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Seneca’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Seneca

17,044 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs West Seneca residents hold

22,020 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−12%

Jobs based in West Seneca, 2013 → 2023: 19,352 → 17,044. 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.