Work & commute · Eastlake

Work & commute in Eastlake, OH

Most working residents leave Eastlake for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (17%), Mentor (13%) and Willoughby (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

607 of 8,631 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 8,024 Eastlake residents head out of town to work, 607 work right here, and 4,998 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eastlake.

8,024live here, work elsewhere

607live and work here

4,998work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eastlake goes to work

Cleveland17.9 mi away

17%1,486

Mentor5.2 mi away

13%1,162

Willoughby0.5 mi away

10%830

Eastlake (in town)right here

7%607

Euclid6.5 mi away

4%386

Wickliffe3.9 mi away

3%225

Solon18.3 mi away

2%190

Mayfield Heights9.4 mi away

2%188

Painesville9.7 mi away

2%154

Beachwood12.8 mi away

2%133

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%3,270

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

How far

How far Eastlake commutes

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

48%

36%

48%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eastlake is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eastlake are

5,605 jobs are based in Eastlake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eastlake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eastlake

5,605 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Eastlake residents hold

8,631 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+10%

Jobs based in Eastlake, 2013 → 2023: 5,090 → 5,605. 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.