Wanakah has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 2% stay in Wanakah for work; outside it, Buffalo is the main destination (27%, 10 miles). There are 637 jobs in Wanakah; 1,518 of its residents have a job. Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Wanakah, in brief
Commutes from Wanakah are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Wanakah empties out on a workday
About 1,800 people are in Wanakah on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than the 2,700 who live here: 1,500 head out to work and 610 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
How long Wanakah spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wanakah workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,097 commuters (the 17% 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.
Wanakah quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,490 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 609 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Wanakah on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 people from Wanakah work
Where Wanakah clocks in
27% of workers
18% 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.
Most jobs in Wanakah are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wanakah, 2013 → 2023: 495 → 637. 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 Wanakah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Wanakah
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 Wanakah: questions
What is the median household income in Wanakah?
$72,681 (±$11,527) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wanakah?
7.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wanakah?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wanakah work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Buffalo (27%, 10 mi), Hamburg (18%, 2 mi), Amherst (9%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wanakah 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 Wanakah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wanakah
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.