Photo: Pubdog · Public domainWork, pay and getting to work in Gasport
5% of workers work from home, where New York as a whole has 15%. Only 3% stay in Gasport for work; outside it, Amherst is the main destination (14%, 15 miles). The trip to work takes 35 minutes on average, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Gasport
On a workday 549 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 324 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Gasport on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Gasport commutes to
Where Gasport clocks in
14% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Gasport
341 jobs are based in Gasport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gasport, 2014 → 2024: 324 → 341. 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 Gasport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gasport workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 473 commuters (the 5% 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 Gasport
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 Gasport: questions
What is the median household income in Gasport?
$74,816 (±$27,179) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gasport?
4.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gasport?
35 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gasport work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amherst (14%, 15 mi), Royalton (9%, 3 mi), Lockport (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Gasport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gasport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gasport
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.