Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0More people are out of work in Blasdell (11.1%) than in 96% of U.S. towns
Only 3% work in Blasdell itself; outside it, Buffalo draws the most (21%, 7 miles). Blasdell grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 12.2 in Buffalo.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Blasdell: the figures worth knowing
Commutes from Blasdell are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
48% of the jobs in Blasdell are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Most Blasdell residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Blasdell’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Blasdell is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #527 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Blasdell’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Blasdell could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Getting to work from Blasdell takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blasdell workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,179 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The kinds of work in Blasdell
913 jobs are based in Blasdell.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blasdell, 2013 → 2023: 915 → 913. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blasdell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Blasdell
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The workday shuffle in and out of Blasdell
On a workday 1,154 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 879 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Blasdell on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Blasdell: the destinations
Where Blasdell clocks in
21% of workers
21% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Good to walk, short on transit: Blasdell
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blasdell is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #229 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,302 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 68% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.4% of Blasdell households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Blasdell’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500, Blasdell comes 3,034th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,032 | Nokomis Township IL | 2,751 | $63K | 8.0% | 3.8% | 22% | C+ |
| 3,033 | Springfield Township PA | 3,002 | $76K | 13.3% | 4.9% | 6% | C+ |
| 3,034 | Blasdell NY | 2,562 | $70K | 14.2% | 11.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 3,035 | Bean Station TN | 3,190 | $45K | 18.3% | 0.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 3,036 | Montgomery TX | 3,105 | $73K | 9.6% | 7.2% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Blasdell, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 23% of Blasdell’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blasdell workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blasdell | – | C+ | A | 22 min | $69,856 |
| Lackawanna | 2% | C− | A | 20 min | $52,110 |
| Hamburg | 21% | B+ | A− | 23 min | $88,651 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hamburg. Darker towns draw more of Blasdell’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Blasdell: questions
What is the median household income in Blasdell?
$69,856 (±$14,803) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blasdell?
14.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blasdell?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blasdell work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Buffalo (21%, 7 mi), Hamburg (21%, 4 mi), Amherst (9%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Blasdell walkable?
Blasdell is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blasdell without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 68% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blasdell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blasdell
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.