Work & commute · Cleveland

Work & commute in Cleveland, IN

Most working residents leave Cleveland for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Elkhart (36%), Mishawaka (9%) and South Bend (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

590 of 5,711 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,121 Cleveland residents head out of town to work, 590 work right here, and 14,737 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cleveland.

5,121live here, work elsewhere

590live and work here

14,737work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cleveland goes to work

Elkhart3.9 mi away

36%2,052

Mishawaka7.7 mi away

9%524

South Bend12.8 mi away

8%481

Goshen14.4 mi away

6%348

Cleveland (in town)right here

3%191

Bristol10.2 mi away

3%161

Penn7.4 mi away

3%146

Baugo5.4 mi away

2%108

Granger5.6 mi away

2%87

Middlebury16.8 mi away

1%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%1,543

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Cleveland commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

61%

24%

12%

61%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cleveland is a job hub

2.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cleveland are

15,327 jobs are based in Cleveland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cleveland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cleveland

15,327 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Cleveland residents hold

5,711 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+11%

Jobs based in Cleveland, 2013 → 2023: 13,857 → 15,327. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.