Work & commute · Bedford

Work & commute in Bedford, OH

Most working residents leave Bedford for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (23%), Solon (7%) and Twinsburg (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

238 of 5,980 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 5,742 Bedford residents head out of town to work, 238 work right here, and 3,639 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bedford.

5,742live here, work elsewhere

238live and work here

3,639work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bedford goes to work

Cleveland9.6 mi away

23%1,364

Solon4.9 mi away

7%396

Bedford (in town)right here

4%238

Twinsburg6.8 mi away

3%176

Bedford Heights1.9 mi away

3%172

Beachwood6 mi away

2%144

Independence5.2 mi away

2%139

Shaker Heights5.9 mi away

2%124

Warrensville Heights3.2 mi away

2%113

Oakwood2.4 mi away

2%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,002

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

How far

How far Bedford commutes

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

61%

29%

61%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bedford is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bedford are

3,877 jobs are based in Bedford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bedford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bedford

3,877 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Bedford residents hold

5,980 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−15%

Jobs based in Bedford, 2013 → 2023: 4,548 → 3,877. 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.