Work & commute · West Buffalo

Work & commute in West Buffalo, PA

Most working residents leave West Buffalo for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mifflinburg (14%), Kelly (8%) and Milton (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 1,150 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,116 West Buffalo residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 240 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Buffalo.

1,116live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

240work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Buffalo goes to work

Mifflinburg6.2 mi away

14%161

Kelly7.4 mi away

8%90

Milton10.9 mi away

4%50

Lewisburg9.4 mi away

3%40

East Buffalo9.6 mi away

3%40

Buffalo5.2 mi away

3%34

West Buffalo (in town)right here

3%34

Mahoning24.2 mi away

2%24

Hartley13.3 mi away

2%22

Sunbury17.5 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%634

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

How far

How far West Buffalo commutes

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

38%

29%

11%

22%

38%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Buffalo is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Buffalo are

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

Jobs based in West Buffalo

274 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs West Buffalo residents hold

1,150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+40%

Jobs based in West Buffalo, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 274. 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.