Work & commute · East

Work & commute in East, OH

Most working residents leave East for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Carrollton (12%), Canton (10%) and Minerva (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 336 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 335 East residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East.

335live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East goes to work

Carrollton10.8 mi away

12%39

Canton23 mi away

10%35

Minerva8.2 mi away

6%20

Akron39.9 mi away

4%13

Salem15.5 mi away

3%11

Cleveland66 mi away

2%7

Washington6.8 mi away

2%7

Brown10.9 mi away

2%7

Canton21.6 mi away

2%7

Alliance17.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%184

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

How far

How far East commutes

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

18%

38%

28%

16%

18%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East are

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

Jobs based in East

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs East residents hold

336 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−13%

Jobs based in East, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 13. 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.