Work & commute · Copley

Work & commute in Copley, OH

Most working residents leave Copley for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Akron (23%), Cleveland (7%) and Fairlawn (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
550 of 7,771 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
17%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,221 Copley residents head out of town to work, 550 work right here, and 5,830 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Copley.

7,221live here, work elsewhere
550live and work here
5,830work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Copley goes to work

FairlawnBarbertonRichfieldWadsworthStowCuyahoga FallsNortonCantonGreenColumbusClevelandAkronSharonJacksonBathCopleyMontrose-GhentAkronClevelandFairlawnCuyahoga FallsMontrose-GhentColumbusRichfieldJacksonCantonCopley
1
Akron5.8 mi away
23%1,775
2
Cleveland27.3 mi away
7%569
3
Copley (in town)right here
7%550
4
Fairlawn3.2 mi away
5%365
5
Cuyahoga Falls7.9 mi away
3%218
62%175
7
Columbus104 mi away
2%153
8
Richfield10.2 mi away
2%128
9
Jackson17.3 mi away
2%123
10
Canton23.6 mi away
2%121
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%3,594

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

How far

How far Copley commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
29%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Copley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Copley are

6,380 jobs are based in Copley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Copley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Copley

6,380 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Copley residents hold

7,771 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month67%
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Jobs based in Copley, 2013 → 2023: 6,406 → 6,380. 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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