Work & commute · Charlestown

Work & commute in Charlestown, OH

Most working residents leave Charlestown for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ravenna (12%), Akron (9%) and Streetsboro (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
13 of 824 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 811 Charlestown residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charlestown.

811live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
81work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Charlestown goes to work

Newton FallsRavennaKentTwinsburgStowStreetsboroCuyahoga FallsHudsonColumbusClevelandAkronEllsworthPalmyraRavennaBrimfieldParisCharlestownRootstownFreedomEdinburgRavennaAkronStreetsboroClevelandKentHudsonTwinsburgStowColumbusCuyahoga FallsCharlestown
1
Ravenna5.4 mi away
12%96
2
Akron20.9 mi away
9%76
3
Streetsboro11.8 mi away
7%54
4
Cleveland35.3 mi away
6%49
5
Kent11.9 mi away
5%40
6
Hudson16.5 mi away
3%21
7
Twinsburg19 mi away
2%20
8
Stow15.5 mi away
2%20
9
Columbus126.9 mi away
2%18
10
Cuyahoga Falls21.6 mi away
2%17
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%413

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

How far

How far Charlestown commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
49%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
9%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Charlestown is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Charlestown are

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

Jobs based in Charlestown

94 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)59%
Trade, transport & utilities33%
Services (health, schools, offices…)9%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Charlestown residents hold

824 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month55%
−4%

Jobs based in Charlestown, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 94. 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.

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