Most of Eggertsville commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Eggertsville has 2,969 jobs; 6,769 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 18 minutes each way; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26. For 12% of workers, the job is at home; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Eggertsville apart
Commutes from Eggertsville are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Eggertsville residents work close to home
77% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Eggertsville and Buffalo trade workers both ways
Buffalo is the top workplace for Eggertsville residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Eggertsville come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Eggertsville
62% of Eggertsville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Eggertsville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Eggertsville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Eggertsville fell from 3,971 in 2013 to 2,969 in 2023, −25%. 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 ↓
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.
Commuting from Eggertsville: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eggertsville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,537 commuters (the 12% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Eggertsville
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.
30% of working residents work in Buffalo
Where Eggertsville clocks in
30% of workers
27% 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.
What Eggertsville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eggertsville, 2013 → 2023: 3,971 → 2,969. 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 Eggertsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Eggertsville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 6,604 residents head out to work, 165 work right here, and 2,804 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Eggertsville on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Eggertsville and its neighbors: 30% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eggertsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eggertsville | – | — | — | 18 min | $82,767 |
| Buffalo | 30% | C− | A+ | 20 min | $50,041 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Buffalo. Darker towns draw more of Eggertsville’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 Eggertsville: questions
What is the median household income in Eggertsville?
$82,767 (±$5,842) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eggertsville?
14.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eggertsville?
18 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eggertsville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Buffalo (30%, 6 mi), Amherst (27%, 4 mi), Cheektowaga (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eggertsville without a car?
1% 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 Eggertsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eggertsville
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.