With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Clarence Center works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 27 minutes, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Clarence Center report 350 jobs; 1,235 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Clarence Center itself; outside it, Amherst draws the most (25%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Clarence Center: the gist
Clarence Center and Amherst trade workers both ways
Amherst is the top workplace for Clarence Center residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Clarence Center come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Clarence Center are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Clarence Center is a place people come home to
There are 350 jobs based in Clarence Center, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clarence Center has about 1,500 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The places Clarence Center commutes to
Where Clarence Center clocks in
25% of workers
19% of workers
15% 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.
About 27 minutes each way for Clarence Center’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarence Center workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,011 commuters (the 17% 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 Clarence Center for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,223 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 338 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Clarence Center on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Jobs in Clarence Center: what the 350 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarence Center, 2014 → 2024: 230 → 350. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarence Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Clarence Center’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Clarence Center: questions
What is the median household income in Clarence Center?
$143,344 (±$18,746) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clarence Center?
1.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarence Center?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarence Center work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amherst (25%, 6 mi), Buffalo (19%, 14 mi), Clarence (15%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Clarence Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clarence Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarence Center
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.