Work & commute · Cortland

Work & commute in Cortland, OH

Most working residents leave Cortland for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Warren (8%), Youngstown (7%) and Niles (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

168 of 2,793 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,625 Cortland residents head out of town to work, 168 work right here, and 878 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cortland.

2,625live here, work elsewhere

168live and work here

878work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cortland goes to work

Warren8.1 mi away

8%223

Youngstown16.5 mi away

7%196

Cortland (in town)right here

6%168

Niles10.1 mi away

4%115

Boardman21.6 mi away

4%109

Morgandale6 mi away

4%99

Bazetta3.2 mi away

3%95

Howland Center5.9 mi away

2%64

Middlefield20.3 mi away

2%55

Lordstown13.5 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,615

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

How far

How far Cortland commutes

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

34%

17%

15%

34%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cortland is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cortland are

1,046 jobs are based in Cortland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cortland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cortland

1,046 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Cortland residents hold

2,793 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−6%

Jobs based in Cortland, 2013 → 2023: 1,112 → 1,046. 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.