Work & commute · East Canton

Work & commute in East Canton, OH

Most working residents leave East Canton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Canton (22%), Jackson (10%) and Massillon (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 725 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 710 East Canton residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Canton.

710live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Canton goes to work

Canton4.5 mi away

22%161

Jackson11.4 mi away

10%73

Massillon12.6 mi away

5%33

Akron23.6 mi away

4%28

Canton4.4 mi away

3%21

Louisville3.5 mi away

2%18

East Canton (in town)right here

2%15

Columbus105.3 mi away

2%15

North Canton8.3 mi away

2%14

Alliance12.1 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%333

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

How far

How far East Canton commutes

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

48%

26%

12%

15%

48%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Canton is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Canton are

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

Jobs based in East Canton

366 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs East Canton residents hold

725 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+3%

Jobs based in East Canton, 2013 → 2023: 355 → 366. 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.