Work & commute · Barberton

Work & commute in Barberton, OH

Most working residents leave Barberton for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Akron (20%), Norton (4%) and Cleveland (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,191 of 11,042 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 9,851 Barberton residents head out of town to work, 1,191 work right here, and 6,381 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barberton.

9,851live here, work elsewhere

1,191live and work here

6,381work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barberton goes to work

Akron6.7 mi away

20%2,217

Barberton (in town)right here

11%1,191

Norton2.6 mi away

4%458

Cleveland32.8 mi away

4%411

Wadsworth6.8 mi away

3%385

Cuyahoga Falls12.4 mi away

3%383

Green7.8 mi away

3%309

Jackson11.9 mi away

3%293

Canton18.5 mi away

2%232

Fairlawn8.6 mi away

2%207

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%4,956

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

How far

How far Barberton commutes

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

52%

25%

14%

52%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barberton is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barberton are

7,572 jobs are based in Barberton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barberton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barberton

7,572 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Barberton residents hold

11,042 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−18%

Jobs based in Barberton, 2013 → 2023: 9,215 → 7,572. 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.