Work & commute · Birmingham

Work & commute in Birmingham, OH

Most working residents leave Birmingham for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sandusky (7%), Perkins (7%) and Norwalk (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 108 Birmingham residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 291 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Birmingham.

108live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

291work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Birmingham goes to work

Sandusky20.2 mi away

7%8

Perkins17.8 mi away

7%8

Norwalk14.1 mi away

6%7

Lorain12.1 mi away

5%5

Milan12.2 mi away

5%5

New London17.5 mi away

3%3

Huron11.4 mi away

3%3

Toledo67.2 mi away

3%3

Camden6.6 mi away

3%3

Milan12.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%62

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

How far

How far Birmingham commutes

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

19%

47%

25%

19%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Birmingham is a job hub

2.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Birmingham are

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

Jobs based in Birmingham

292 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Birmingham residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+17%

Jobs based in Birmingham, 2013 → 2023: 250 → 292. 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.