Work & commute · Avon Lake

Work & commute in Avon Lake, OH

Most working residents leave Avon Lake for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (21%), Westlake (9%) and Avon (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,255 of 11,357 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,102 Avon Lake residents head out of town to work, 1,255 work right here, and 6,708 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avon Lake.

10,102live here, work elsewhere

1,255live and work here

6,708work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avon Lake goes to work

Cleveland17.5 mi away

21%2,399

Avon Lake (in town)right here

11%1,255

Westlake5.4 mi away

9%966

Avon3.5 mi away

6%634

Elyria9.1 mi away

4%437

Columbus116 mi away

2%237

Lorain9.3 mi away

2%220

Independence21.4 mi away

2%188

Rocky River8.5 mi away

2%183

Lakewood11.2 mi away

2%177

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%4,661

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

How far

How far Avon Lake commutes

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

37%

39%

10%

13%

37%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avon Lake is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Avon Lake are

7,963 jobs are based in Avon Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avon Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Avon Lake

7,963 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Avon Lake residents hold

11,357 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+14%

Jobs based in Avon Lake, 2013 → 2023: 6,974 → 7,963. 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.