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

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

Akron5.8 mi away

23%1,775

Cleveland27.3 mi away

7%569

Copley (in town)right here

7%550

Fairlawn3.2 mi away

5%365

Cuyahoga Falls7.9 mi away

3%218

Montrose-Ghent5 mi away

2%175

Columbus104 mi away

2%153

Richfield10.2 mi away

2%128

Jackson17.3 mi away

2%123

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%

29%

15%

10%

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.