Busti Mill · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainBusti has higher unemployment (5.4%) than 67% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Busti C; getting around on foot earns it C. About one in seven work in Busti; the top destination outside it is Jamestown (26%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Busti, in brief
Busti trades workers with the towns around it
Busti has about as many jobs (3,645) as working residents (3,052), but they are mostly different people: 2,619 residents leave for work each day while 3,212 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Busti are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Busti works one town over
42% of working residents work in a town that borders Busti: Jamestown (26%) and Ellicott (16%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Busti are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Busti makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Busti are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Busti residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Most Busti 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.
The figures behind Busti’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Busti is better than 29% of U.S. towns, #592 of 758 in New York. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Busti’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Busti could be anywhere from D to B.
The daily commute in and out of Busti
On a workday 2,619 residents head out to work, 433 work right here, and 3,212 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 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.
Getting to work from Busti takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Busti workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,889 commuters (the 10% 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.
Goods, not services: 45% of the jobs in Busti
3,645 jobs are based in Busti.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Busti, 2013 → 2023: 4,101 → 3,645. 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 Busti’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Busti works
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Commuting out of Busti: the destinations
Where Busti clocks in
26% of workers
16% of workers
4% 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.
Getting around Busti: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Busti is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #637 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Busti near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,194 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.3% of Busti households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Busti’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Busti ranks: 2,340th of 3,042 U.S. towns of 5,200 to 9,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 15 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,338 | Tyrone PA | 5,226 | $57K | 11.5% | 5.8% | 13% | C |
| 2,339 | Orange VA | 5,365 | $76K | 14.1% | 6.7% | 21% | C |
| 2,340 | Busti NY | 7,369 | $67K | 14.4% | 5.4% | 14% | C |
| 2,341 | Wayne Township IN | 7,915 | $59K | 15.0% | 4.0% | 39% | C |
| 2,342 | Cambria CA | 5,978 | $99K | 10.5% | 8.3% | 35% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,042 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Busti, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
42% of Busti works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Busti workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busti | – | C | C | 21 min | $67,292 |
| Lakewood | under 2% | C | B+ | 21 min | $67,557 |
| Kiantone | under 2% | C+ | B | 20 min | $81,000 |
| Harmony | under 2% | B− | D | 26 min | $58,600 |
| Jamestown West | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Ellicott | 16% | B− | C+ | 16 min | $60,880 |
| North Harmony | under 2% | C+ | B | 20 min | $71,250 |
| Jamestown | 26% | D | A | 15 min | $43,523 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jamestown West: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jamestown. Darker towns draw more of Busti’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 Busti: questions
What is the median household income in Busti?
$67,292 (±$9,273) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Busti?
14.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Busti?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Busti work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (26%, 6 mi), Ellicott (16%, 7 mi), Chautauqua (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Busti walkable?
Busti is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Busti without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Busti, from the people who make the trip.
More of Busti
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.