West End has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 1,149 people commute in to work
1,179 jobs are based in West End for 662 working residents. Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 18% 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
The short version on getting to work from West End
West End is where the jobs are
West End has 1,179 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
West End and Oneonta trade workers both ways
Oneonta is the top workplace for West End residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in West End come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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 ↓
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 662 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of West End
On a workday 632 residents head out to work and 30 work right here.
About 2,400 people are in West End on a workday afternoon, 27% more 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.
Commuting in to West End: where workers come from
Where West End clocks in
22% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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.
How many miles West End commutes
About 32% 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.
The kinds of work in West End
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West End, 2013 → 2023: 1,373 → 1,179. 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 West End’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from West End
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West End workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 640 commuters (the 18% 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.
Work next door: 22% of West End’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Oneonta. Darker towns draw more of West End’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 West End: questions
What is the median household income in West End?
$71,563 (±$22,949) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West End?
20.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West End?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West End work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oneonta (22%, 2 mi), Oneonta (13%, 4 mi), New York City (6%, 139 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around West End without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West End, from the people who make the trip.
More of West End
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.