Work & commute · Apple Creek

Work & commute in Apple Creek, OH

Most working residents leave Apple Creek for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Wooster (13%), East Union (10%) and Salt Creek (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 509 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 483 Apple Creek residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 369 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Apple Creek.

483live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

369work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Apple Creek goes to work

Wooster7.1 mi away

13%67

East Union1.7 mi away

10%50

Apple Creek (in town)right here

5%26

Salt Creek3.2 mi away

4%19

Orrville7.4 mi away

4%18

Paint7.3 mi away

4%18

Akron28.1 mi away

3%14

Sugar Creek6.5 mi away

3%14

Salt Creek8.3 mi away

3%13

Columbus80.4 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%260

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

How far

How far Apple Creek commutes

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

54%

17%

15%

14%

54%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Apple Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Apple Creek are

395 jobs are based in Apple Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Apple Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Apple Creek

395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Apple Creek residents hold

509 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+17%

Jobs based in Apple Creek, 2013 → 2023: 339 → 395. 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.