Work & commute · Wilson

Work & commute in Wilson, NY

Most working residents leave Wilson for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (11%), Amherst (10%) and Niagara Falls (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

282 of 2,670 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,388 Wilson residents head out of town to work, 282 work right here, and 436 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilson.

2,388live here, work elsewhere

282live and work here

436work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilson goes to work

Buffalo26.4 mi away

11%283

Wilson (in town)right here

11%282

Amherst18.3 mi away

10%264

Niagara Falls16.1 mi away

7%188

Lockport9.3 mi away

6%155

Lockport10.6 mi away

6%152

Tonawanda20.2 mi away

5%138

Lewiston9.3 mi away

5%129

Wheatfield12.8 mi away

4%100

Cheektowaga25.3 mi away

3%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%891

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

How far

How far Wilson commutes

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

23%

52%

14%

11%

23%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilson is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilson are

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

Jobs based in Wilson

718 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Wilson residents hold

2,670 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+22%

Jobs based in Wilson, 2013 → 2023: 588 → 718. 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.