Work & commute · Canal Fulton

Work & commute in Canal Fulton, OH

Most working residents leave Canal Fulton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (10%), Akron (9%) and Canton (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

184 of 2,243 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 2,059 Canal Fulton residents head out of town to work, 184 work right here, and 2,084 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canal Fulton.

2,059live here, work elsewhere

184live and work here

2,084work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canal Fulton goes to work

Jackson6 mi away

10%232

Akron13.5 mi away

9%202

Canal Fulton (in town)right here

8%184

Canton12.9 mi away

8%174

Massillon8.1 mi away

5%106

Green7.4 mi away

4%88

Barberton8 mi away

3%62

Orrville10.3 mi away

3%57

North Canton10 mi away

2%51

Columbus96.6 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,037

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

How far

How far Canal Fulton commutes

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

41%

36%

12%

11%

41%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canal Fulton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Canal Fulton are

2,268 jobs are based in Canal Fulton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canal Fulton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Canal Fulton

2,268 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Canal Fulton residents hold

2,243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+8%

Jobs based in Canal Fulton, 2013 → 2023: 2,095 → 2,268. 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.