Work & commute · Cuyahoga Falls

Work & commute in Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Most working residents leave Cuyahoga Falls for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Akron (20%), Cleveland (5%) and Stow (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

3,044 of 23,899 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,855 Cuyahoga Falls residents head out of town to work, 3,044 work right here, and 16,893 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cuyahoga Falls.

20,855live here, work elsewhere

3,044live and work here

16,893work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cuyahoga Falls goes to work

Akron7.3 mi away

20%4,828

Cuyahoga Falls (in town)right here

13%3,044

Cleveland21.5 mi away

5%1,241

Stow6.1 mi away

4%933

Hudson7 mi away

3%832

Twinsburg11.2 mi away

2%533

Tallmadge8.5 mi away

2%488

Kent10.1 mi away

2%487

Fairlawn5.1 mi away

2%428

Columbus111.8 mi away

2%388

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%10,697

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

How far

How far Cuyahoga Falls commutes

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

54%

26%

11%

54%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cuyahoga Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cuyahoga Falls are

19,937 jobs are based in Cuyahoga Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cuyahoga Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cuyahoga Falls

19,937 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Cuyahoga Falls residents hold

23,899 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

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Jobs based in Cuyahoga Falls, 2013 → 2023: 19,976 → 19,937. 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.