Work & commute · Wheatfield

Work & commute in Wheatfield, NY

Most working residents leave Wheatfield for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Amherst (17%), Buffalo (14%) and Tonawanda (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

681 of 8,012 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,331 Wheatfield residents head out of town to work, 681 work right here, and 4,970 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheatfield.

7,331live here, work elsewhere

681live and work here

4,970work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheatfield goes to work

Amherst8.6 mi away

17%1,345

Buffalo14 mi away

14%1,146

Wheatfield (in town)right here

8%681

Tonawanda7.7 mi away

8%639

Niagara Falls6.6 mi away

8%632

North Tonawanda3.2 mi away

5%379

Lewiston7.1 mi away

4%335

Cheektowaga14.6 mi away

3%262

Niagara5.1 mi away

3%205

New York304.8 mi away

2%193

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%2,195

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

How far

How far Wheatfield commutes

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

57%

31%

11%

57%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheatfield is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheatfield are

5,651 jobs are based in Wheatfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wheatfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wheatfield

5,651 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Wheatfield residents hold

8,012 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−4%

Jobs based in Wheatfield, 2013 → 2023: 5,917 → 5,651. 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.