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Work & commute · Creston

Work & commute in Creston, OH

Most working residents leave Creston for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wooster (17%), Medina (5%) and Orrville (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
20 of 848 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 828 Creston residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Creston.

828live here, work elsewhere
20live and work here
215work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Creston goes to work

CrestonSevilleOrrvilleRittmanMedinaWadsworthWoosterAkronCanaanMiltonCongressBaughmanWoosterWestfieldGreenChippewaWayneWoosterMedinaOrrvilleCanaanAkronWadsworthRittmanWoosterSevilleCreston
1
Wooster11 mi away
17%147
2
Medina11 mi away
5%43
3
Orrville11 mi away
4%38
4
Canaan2.9 mi away
4%32
5
Akron21 mi away
4%30
6
Wadsworth9.4 mi away
3%22
7
Creston (in town)right here
2%20
8
Rittman6 mi away
2%20
9
Wooster14.3 mi away
2%20
10
Seville3.5 mi away
2%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%457

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

How far

How far Creston commutes

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

29%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
12%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Creston is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Creston are

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

Jobs based in Creston

235 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)86%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Creston residents hold

848 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month54%
+0%

Jobs based in Creston, 2013 → 2023: 235 → 235. 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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