Work & commute · Amherst

Work & commute in Amherst, OH

Most working residents leave Amherst for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (11%), Elyria (9%) and Lorain (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

596 of 6,110 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 5,514 Amherst residents head out of town to work, 596 work right here, and 4,279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amherst.

5,514live here, work elsewhere

596live and work here

4,279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amherst goes to work

Cleveland29 mi away

11%693

Amherst (in town)right here

10%596

Elyria7.1 mi away

9%575

Lorain3.6 mi away

9%540

Westlake15.9 mi away

4%243

Avon12.1 mi away

3%189

Avon Lake12.8 mi away

3%182

Amherst2.1 mi away

2%118

Oberlin8.3 mi away

2%103

Columbus105.7 mi away

2%95

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,776

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

How far

How far Amherst commutes

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

39%

25%

24%

12%

39%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amherst is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Amherst are

4,875 jobs are based in Amherst. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amherst’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Amherst

4,875 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Amherst residents hold

6,110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+12%

Jobs based in Amherst, 2013 → 2023: 4,343 → 4,875. 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.