Work & commute · Atwater

Work & commute in Atwater, OH

Most working residents leave Atwater for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Akron (12%), Ravenna (4%) and Alliance (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 1,220 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 1,165 Atwater residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atwater.

1,165live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atwater goes to work

Akron20.7 mi away

12%147

Ravenna10.6 mi away

4%53

Alliance8.5 mi away

4%52

Kent14.5 mi away

4%46

Atwater (in town)right here

4%45

Cleveland42 mi away

3%38

Tallmadge16.2 mi away

3%32

Cuyahoga Falls24.3 mi away

3%32

Randolph6.5 mi away

2%29

Columbus121.4 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%719

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

How far

How far Atwater commutes

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

19%

49%

22%

10%

19%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atwater is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Atwater are

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

Jobs based in Atwater

266 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Atwater residents hold

1,220 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+23%

Jobs based in Atwater, 2013 → 2023: 217 → 266. 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.