Work & commute · Wilson

Work & commute in Wilson, NY

Most working residents leave Wilson for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Wilson (16%), Buffalo (12%) and Amherst (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

67 of 553 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 486 Wilson residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilson.

486live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

410work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilson goes to work

Wilson3 mi away

16%86

Buffalo29.2 mi away

12%65

Amherst21.2 mi away

10%58

Niagara Falls18 mi away

7%38

Lewiston10.9 mi away

6%34

Lockport12.1 mi away

6%33

Tonawanda23 mi away

5%30

Lockport13.4 mi away

3%19

Newfane7 mi away

3%18

Wheatfield15.5 mi away

3%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%157

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.

19%

53%

18%

10%

19%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilson is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilson are

477 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

477 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Wilson residents hold

553 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+14%

Jobs based in Wilson, 2013 → 2023: 419 → 477. 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.