Work & commute · Cleveland Heights

Work & commute in Cleveland Heights, OH

Most working residents leave Cleveland Heights for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (40%), Beachwood (3%) and Shaker Heights (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,304 of 18,671 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,367 Cleveland Heights residents head out of town to work, 1,304 work right here, and 6,168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cleveland Heights.

17,367live here, work elsewhere

1,304live and work here

6,168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cleveland Heights goes to work

Cleveland6.5 mi away

40%7,500

Cleveland Heights (in town)right here

7%1,304

Beachwood3.9 mi away

3%610

Shaker Heights2.5 mi away

3%538

Euclid6 mi away

3%473

Solon10.7 mi away

2%416

Mayfield Heights5.6 mi away

2%319

Columbus129.1 mi away

2%300

Independence9.8 mi away

1%258

South Euclid2.1 mi away

1%244

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%6,709

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

How far

How far Cleveland Heights commutes

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

72%

15%

72%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cleveland Heights is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cleveland Heights are

7,472 jobs are based in Cleveland Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cleveland Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cleveland Heights

7,472 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Cleveland Heights residents hold

18,671 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−7%

Jobs based in Cleveland Heights, 2013 → 2023: 8,051 → 7,472. 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.