Work & commute · Cleveland

Work & commute in Cleveland, OH

42% of Cleveland’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Parma (2%), Euclid (2%) and Solon (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

56,378 of 135,618 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 79,240 Cleveland residents head out of town to work, 56,378 work right here, and 220,958 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cleveland.

79,240live here, work elsewhere

56,378live and work here

220,958work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cleveland goes to work

Cleveland (in town)right here

42%56,378

Parma7 mi away

2%3,109

Euclid11.4 mi away

2%2,950

Solon13.9 mi away

2%2,514

Independence7.2 mi away

2%2,476

Brooklyn4.7 mi away

2%2,172

Westlake13.1 mi away

2%2,160

Lakewood6.3 mi away

2%2,106

Columbus123.8 mi away

2%2,065

Beachwood9.1 mi away

1%1,887

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%57,801

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

How far

How far Cleveland commutes

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

65%

22%

65%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cleveland is a job hub

2.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cleveland are

277,336 jobs are based in Cleveland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cleveland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cleveland

277,336 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Cleveland residents hold

135,618 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+6%

Jobs based in Cleveland, 2013 → 2023: 262,733 → 277,336. 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.