Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Cattaraugus has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 2% of workers, against 15% across New York. There are 92 jobs in Cattaraugus, and 277 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Cattaraugus itself; outside it, Little Valley draws the most (6%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cattaraugus at work: what stands out
Fewer jobs are based in Cattaraugus than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Cattaraugus fell from 350 in 2013 to 92 in 2023, −74%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Cattaraugus workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 277 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The kinds of work in Cattaraugus
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cattaraugus, 2013 → 2023: 350 → 92. 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 Cattaraugus’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cattaraugus’ commute takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cattaraugus workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 395 commuters (the 2% 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.
Who leaves Cattaraugus for work, and who comes in
On a workday 267 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Cattaraugus on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Cattaraugus to work: where people go
Where Cattaraugus clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
The commute from Cattaraugus, by distance
About 26% 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.
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 Cattaraugus: questions
What is the median household income in Cattaraugus?
$60,341 (±$13,254) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cattaraugus?
14.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cattaraugus?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cattaraugus work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Valley (6%, 9 mi), Dayton (4%, 7 mi), Buffalo (4%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cattaraugus without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cattaraugus, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cattaraugus
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.