Work & commute · Williamsville

Work & commute in Williamsville, NY

Most working residents leave Williamsville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Amherst (33%), Buffalo (24%) and Cheektowaga (8%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

118 of 2,459 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,341 Williamsville residents head out of town to work, 118 work right here, and 3,489 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williamsville.

2,341live here, work elsewhere

118live and work here

3,489work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williamsville goes to work

Amherst3.8 mi away

33%812

Buffalo7.6 mi away

24%578

Cheektowaga3.3 mi away

8%204

Tonawanda7.1 mi away

4%100

Clarence6.6 mi away

3%79

Lancaster6.3 mi away

3%62

West Seneca8.3 mi away

2%54

New York293.7 mi away

2%48

Orchard Park14.2 mi away

1%28

Rochester58.5 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%468

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

How far

How far Williamsville commutes

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

79%

11%

79%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williamsville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Williamsville are

3,607 jobs are based in Williamsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Williamsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Williamsville

3,607 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Williamsville residents hold

2,459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−12%

Jobs based in Williamsville, 2013 → 2023: 4,078 → 3,607. 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.