Work & commute · Bedford Heights

Work & commute in Bedford Heights, OH

Most working residents leave Bedford Heights for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (25%), Solon (8%) and Twinsburg (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

222 of 4,668 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,446 Bedford Heights residents head out of town to work, 222 work right here, and 9,296 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bedford Heights.

4,446live here, work elsewhere

222live and work here

9,296work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bedford Heights goes to work

Cleveland10.5 mi away

25%1,150

Solon3.4 mi away

8%352

Bedford Heights (in town)right here

5%222

Twinsburg6.4 mi away

3%134

Beachwood5 mi away

3%127

Independence7 mi away

3%118

North Randall2.4 mi away

2%110

Parma11.8 mi away

2%101

Garfield Heights5.4 mi away

2%94

Warrensville Heights2.5 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,180

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

How far

How far Bedford Heights commutes

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

57%

32%

57%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bedford Heights is a job hub

2.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bedford Heights are

9,518 jobs are based in Bedford Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bedford Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bedford Heights

9,518 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Bedford Heights residents hold

4,668 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+4%

Jobs based in Bedford Heights, 2013 → 2023: 9,148 → 9,518. 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.