Work & commute · Berea

Work & commute in Berea, OH

Most working residents leave Berea for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (25%), Middleburg Heights (6%) and Strongsville (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

777 of 8,759 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,982 Berea residents head out of town to work, 777 work right here, and 6,722 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berea.

7,982live here, work elsewhere

777live and work here

6,722work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berea goes to work

Cleveland12 mi away

25%2,194

Berea (in town)right here

9%777

Middleburg Heights2.5 mi away

6%533

Strongsville4.3 mi away

4%368

Westlake6.5 mi away

4%323

Parma7 mi away

3%243

North Olmsted4.3 mi away

2%178

Columbus112.4 mi away

2%175

Brook Park3.2 mi away

2%171

Independence11.9 mi away

2%162

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%3,635

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

How far

How far Berea commutes

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

46%

39%

10%

46%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berea is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Berea are

7,499 jobs are based in Berea. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berea’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berea

7,499 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Berea residents hold

8,759 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+9%

Jobs based in Berea, 2013 → 2023: 6,894 → 7,499. 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.