Work & commute · Brooklyn

Work & commute in Brooklyn, OH

Most working residents leave Brooklyn for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (35%), Parma (5%) and Middleburg Heights (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

303 of 5,446 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 5,143 Brooklyn residents head out of town to work, 303 work right here, and 11,947 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brooklyn.

5,143live here, work elsewhere

303live and work here

11,947work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brooklyn goes to work

Cleveland4.7 mi away

35%1,894

Brooklyn (in town)right here

6%303

Parma3.7 mi away

5%251

Middleburg Heights5.6 mi away

3%155

Strongsville9.5 mi away

2%124

Westlake9.4 mi away

2%116

Independence7.1 mi away

2%109

Lakewood4.3 mi away

2%93

Columbus119.2 mi away

2%83

Brook Park4.2 mi away

1%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,238

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

How far

How far Brooklyn commutes

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

66%

21%

66%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brooklyn is a job hub

2.25jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brooklyn are

12,250 jobs are based in Brooklyn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brooklyn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brooklyn

12,250 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Brooklyn residents hold

5,446 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−8%

Jobs based in Brooklyn, 2013 → 2023: 13,292 → 12,250. 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.