Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Newfane commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Newfane report 1,789 jobs; 4,091 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Newfane is better than 41% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (C+). About one in seven work in Newfane itself; outside it, Lockport draws the most (11%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Newfane, in brief
The figures behind Newfane’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Newfane’s grade up ($75,484, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newfane could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Getting to work from Newfane takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newfane workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,721 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.
How many people are in Newfane by day
On a workday 3,506 residents head out to work, 585 work right here, and 1,204 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,800 people are in Newfane on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 Newfane’s working residents head each day
Where Newfane clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Newfane
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newfane, 2013 → 2023: 1,838 → 1,789. 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 Newfane’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Newfane 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.
The commute in Newfane is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,221 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). 3.5% of Newfane households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Newfane’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Newfane ranks: 1,911th of 2,855 U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,909 | Loudon TN | 6,963 | $54K | 18.5% | 2.4% | 20% | C+ |
| 1,910 | Washington Township IN | 6,498 | $62K | 11.7% | 2.9% | 25% | C+ |
| 1,911 | Newfane NY | 9,139 | $75K | 10.0% | 5.8% | 14% | C+ |
| 1,912 | Muscoy CA | 12,025 | $71K | 26.7% | 5.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,913 | Gulf Gate FL | 7,998 | $61K | 13.4% | 5.0% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,855 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Newfane, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door to Newfane
The biggest share goes to Lockport (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newfane workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newfane | – | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $75,484 |
| Wilson | under 2% | B | C+ | 25 min | $88,929 |
| Hartland | under 2% | B+ | C | 34 min | $91,901 |
| Somerset | under 2% | C | C− | 32 min | $69,167 |
| Lockport | 9% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lockport: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Newfane’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 Newfane: questions
What is the median household income in Newfane?
$75,484 (±$9,487) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newfane?
10.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newfane?
25 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 Newfane work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lockport (11%, 9 mi), Buffalo (10%, 29 mi), Amherst (9%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newfane walkable?
Newfane is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newfane without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newfane, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newfane
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.