With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Genesee works elsewhere
5% of workers have no commute at all, against 15% across New York. 64 jobs are based in Genesee; 619 of its residents have a job. Genesee grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Genesee
Genesee is a place people come home to
There are 64 jobs based in Genesee, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Genesee has about 1,000 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Genesee are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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 619 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Genesee’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Genesee is better than 17% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Genesee’s grade up ($66,442, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (10.3%) is left out: Genesee’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Genesee could be anywhere from D to C.
A workday in Genesee: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 612 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Genesee on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Genesee
About 35% 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.
Getting to work from Genesee takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Genesee workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 654 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.
19% of working residents work in Olean
Where Genesee clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Genesee: what the 64 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Genesee, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 64. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Genesee start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Genesee is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Genesee near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 689 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of Genesee households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Genesee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Genesee comes 4,286th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,284 | Colfax Township MI | 1,704 | $69K | 17.3% | 4.9% | 11% | C− |
| 4,285 | Wright Township MI | 1,600 | $54K | 10.9% | 6.9% | 5% | C− |
| 4,286 | Genesee NY | 1,590 | $66K | 14.1% | 10.3% | 1% | C− |
| 4,287 | Hartley IA | 1,579 | $58K | 12.5% | 2.5% | 14% | C− |
| 4,288 | La Plata MO | 1,251 | $50K | 9.1% | 8.8% | 13% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Genesee, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 12% of Genesee’s workers
The biggest share goes to Portville (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Genesee’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: questions
What is the median household income in Genesee?
$66,442 (±$7,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Genesee?
14.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Genesee?
28 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 Genesee work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Olean (19%, 10 mi), Portville (7%, 6 mi), Bolivar (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Genesee walkable?
Genesee is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Genesee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Genesee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Genesee
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.