How long is the commute in Buffalo?
Average travel time to work in Buffalo, NY, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.
How Buffalo gets to work.
Average commute, one way: 18.0 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min
How workers get to work
- Drove alone: 64.5
- Carpooled: 9.9
- Transit: 8.5
- Walked: 4.7
- From home: 9.6
Average commute (minutes)
- Buffalo: 18
- Erie County: 18.9
- NY: 28.5
- U.S.: 23
Work from home: 9.6% — U.S.: 13.5%
What it means
The typical one-way commute here runs about 5.0 minutes shorter than the national average.
Working from home went from 2.4% of workers in 2015 to 9.6% in the latest estimates.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates — Population, income, housing, education, commuting and poverty figures
- Census Bureau API — ACS Detailed Tables — The endpoint these pages are generated from
- data.census.gov — Look up the same tables for any place yourself
- ACS accuracy statement — Estimates carry margins of error; small places vary the most
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