Work & commute · Champion

Work & commute in Champion, OH

Most working residents leave Champion for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Warren (12%), Champion Heights (7%) and Youngstown (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

280 of 3,631 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 3,351 Champion residents head out of town to work, 280 work right here, and 1,362 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Champion.

3,351live here, work elsewhere

280live and work here

1,362work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Champion goes to work

Warren5.4 mi away

12%431

Champion Heights0.6 mi away

7%263

Youngstown18.3 mi away

5%193

Niles10.1 mi away

3%122

Middlefield15.2 mi away

3%106

Morgandale4.4 mi away

3%104

Middlefield14.4 mi away

3%96

Howland Center7.3 mi away

2%85

Troy15.9 mi away

2%80

Boardman22.3 mi away

2%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,073

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

How far

How far Champion commutes

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

35%

33%

20%

12%

35%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Champion is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Champion are

1,642 jobs are based in Champion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Champion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Champion

1,642 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Champion residents hold

3,631 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+2%

Jobs based in Champion, 2013 → 2023: 1,605 → 1,642. 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.