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Work & commute in Chippewa Lake · A commuter town

99% of Chippewa Lake’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Chippewa Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Medina (12%), Cleveland (11%) and Akron (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Work in town
1%
3 of 340 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
27 min
More than OH (23 min)
Work from home
13%
Less than OH (13%)
Jobs based here
68
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Chippewa Lake?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

12% of working residents work in Medina

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Chippewa LakeWestfield CenterSeville: 8 residents work here (2%)Medina: 42 residents work here (12%)Wadsworth: 9 residents work here (3%)Wooster: 9 residents work here (3%)Cleveland: 38 residents work here (11%)Akron: 20 residents work here (6%)JacksonMontville: 7 residents work here (2%)ChathamLafayette: 9 residents work here (3%)Westfield: 7 residents work here (2%)ColumbiaGranger: 8 residents work here (2%)GuilfordMedinaClevelandAkronWadsworthWoosterLafayetteChippewa Lake
1
Medina4.5 mi away
12%42
2
Cleveland30.3 mi away
11%38
3
Akron19.9 mi away
6%20
4
Wadsworth9.5 mi away
3%9
5
Wooster17.7 mi away
3%9
6
Lafayette1.7 mi away
3%9
7
Seville4.1 mi away
2%8
8
Granger10.9 mi away
2%8
9
Montville3.9 mi away
2%7
10
Westfield4.6 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%183
The top trips

Where Chippewa Lake clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Chippewa Lake quiets down on a workday

On a workday 337 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.

337live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
65work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night640
Workday370
640live here− 340head out to work+ 65come in to work= 370on a workday

About 370 people are in Chippewa Lake on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.20jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Chippewa Lake commutes less than 20 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi35 miMedina: 12% · 4.5 miCleveland: 11% · 30.3 miAkron: 6% · 19.9 miWadsworth: 3% · 9.5 miWooster: 3% · 17.7 miLafayette: 3% · 1.7 miSeville: 2% · 4.1 miGranger: 2% · 10.9 miMontville: 2% · 3.9 miWestfield: 2% · 4.6 miMedina 12%Cleveland 11%Akron 6%Wadsworth 3%Wooster 3%Chippewa Lake
Chippewa LakeTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi105 residents
30%10–24 mi101 residents
28%25–50 mi96 residents
11%Over 50 mi38 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 68 jobs in Chippewa Lake are

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

Jobs based in Chippewa LakeJobs Chippewa Lake residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms7%22%
Trade, transport & utilities41%20%
Services: health, schools, offices51%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less24%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month46%27%
Over $3,333 a month31%57%

Who does it

29 or younger26%19%
30 to 5446%53%
55 and older28%28%
+183%

Jobs based in Chippewa Lake, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 68. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
209 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Chippewa Lake27 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
13%

of Chippewa Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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