Stannards has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Stannards has 35 jobs; 222 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Stannards for work; outside it, Wellsville is the main destination (36%, 3 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 20 minutes, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stannards at work: what stands out
Stannards is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Stannards, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stannards has about 460 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
36% of Stannards works in Wellsville
79 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Wellsville, 3.1 miles away. That’s far more as work in Stannards itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Stannards are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 100 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 222 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Stannards
On a workday 221 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Stannards on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 the trip to work from Stannards ends
Where Stannards clocks in
36% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stannards workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 228 commuters (the 14% 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.
What Stannards’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stannards, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 35. 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 Stannards’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Stannards
About 29% 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.
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 Stannards: questions
What is the median household income in Stannards?
$74,286 (±$21,733) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stannards?
3.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stannards?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stannards work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wellsville (36%, 3 mi), Olean (4%, 27 mi), Amity (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stannards without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stannards, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stannards
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.