Work & commute · Bath

Work & commute in Bath, OH

Most working residents leave Bath for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Akron (20%), Cleveland (12%) and Fairlawn (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

233 of 4,295 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,062 Bath residents head out of town to work, 233 work right here, and 6,151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bath.

4,062live here, work elsewhere

233live and work here

6,151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bath goes to work

Akron9.5 mi away

20%856

Cleveland20.8 mi away

12%514

Fairlawn3.6 mi away

6%254

Montrose-Ghent1.6 mi away

4%162

Cuyahoga Falls5 mi away

4%153

Copley6.5 mi away

2%85

Richfield3.8 mi away

2%82

Bath (in town)right here

2%71

Columbus108.2 mi away

1%57

Independence13.9 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,005

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

How far

How far Bath commutes

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

39%

42%

10%

39%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bath is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bath are

6,384 jobs are based in Bath. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bath’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bath

6,384 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Bath residents hold

4,295 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−11%

Jobs based in Bath, 2013 → 2023: 7,145 → 6,384. 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.