Work & commute · Chippewa

Work & commute in Chippewa, OH

Most working residents leave Chippewa for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Wadsworth (7%), Wooster (7%) and Doylestown (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

272 of 3,696 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,424 Chippewa residents head out of town to work, 272 work right here, and 725 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chippewa.

3,424live here, work elsewhere

272live and work here

725work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chippewa goes to work

Wadsworth5.9 mi away

7%276

Wooster14.7 mi away

7%255

Doylestown1.8 mi away

5%196

Akron13.4 mi away

5%190

Orrville7.6 mi away

5%183

Barberton6.8 mi away

5%173

Norton6.6 mi away

4%159

Medina15.7 mi away

3%112

Jackson13 mi away

3%104

Green12.1 mi away

2%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,962

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

How far

How far Chippewa commutes

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

38%

11%

13%

38%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chippewa is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chippewa are

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

Jobs based in Chippewa

997 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Chippewa residents hold

3,696 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+19%

Jobs based in Chippewa, 2013 → 2023: 838 → 997. 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.