Work & commute · Brooklyn Heights

Work & commute in Brooklyn Heights, OH

Most working residents leave Brooklyn Heights for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (29%), Parma (5%) and Independence (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 778 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 746 Brooklyn Heights residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 4,036 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brooklyn Heights.

746live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

4,036work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brooklyn Heights goes to work

Cleveland4.1 mi away

29%228

Parma4.1 mi away

5%42

Independence3.2 mi away

5%37

Brooklyn Heights (in town)right here

4%32

Valley View4 mi away

4%28

Brecksville8.1 mi away

2%18

Garfield Heights3.1 mi away

2%17

Cuyahoga Heights1.3 mi away

2%16

Brooklyn4.5 mi away

2%15

Solon11.9 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%330

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

How far

How far Brooklyn Heights commutes

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

69%

18%

69%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brooklyn Heights is a job hub

5.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brooklyn Heights are

4,068 jobs are based in Brooklyn Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brooklyn Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brooklyn Heights

4,068 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Brooklyn Heights residents hold

778 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+14%

Jobs based in Brooklyn Heights, 2013 → 2023: 3,561 → 4,068. 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.