Letchworth State Park · Photo: Suandsoe · CC BY-SA 3.0Genesee Falls has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Genesee Falls report 42 jobs for 175 working residents. Only 1% stay in Genesee Falls for work; outside it, Warsaw is the main destination (9%, 12 miles). Home is the office for 7% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Genesee Falls for work, and who comes in
On a workday 173 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Genesee Falls on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Where Genesee Falls goes to work
Where Genesee Falls clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
In Genesee Falls, 38% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Genesee Falls, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 42. 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 Genesee Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way for Genesee Falls’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Genesee Falls workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 177 commuters (the 7% 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.
How far Genesee Falls goes to work
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.
Next door to Genesee Falls
The biggest share goes to Pike (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Genesee Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genesee Falls | – | — | — | 32 min | $66,429 |
| Portage | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Pike | 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Hume | under 3% | C− | B− | 27 min | $68,958 |
| Castile | under 3% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $65,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Portage and Pike: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Genesee Falls’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 Genesee Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Genesee Falls?
$66,429 (±$8,772) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Genesee Falls?
7.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Genesee Falls?
32 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Genesee Falls work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (9%, 12 mi), Perry (7%, 13 mi), Arcade (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Genesee Falls 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 Genesee Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Genesee Falls
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.