Work & commute · Elyria

Work & commute in Elyria, OH

Most working residents leave Elyria for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Elyria (17%), Cleveland (8%) and Lorain (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 1,461 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,439 Elyria residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 1,692 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elyria.

1,439live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

1,692work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elyria goes to work

Elyria2.4 mi away

17%244

Cleveland24.5 mi away

8%113

Lorain3.6 mi away

7%97

Westlake11.5 mi away

6%88

Avon7.7 mi away

6%82

North Ridgeville6.1 mi away

3%51

Amherst4.8 mi away

2%33

Avon Lake9.3 mi away

2%30

Columbus107.1 mi away

2%29

Sheffield4.8 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%667

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

How far

How far Elyria commutes

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

46%

25%

14%

46%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elyria is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elyria are

1,714 jobs are based in Elyria. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elyria’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elyria

1,714 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Elyria residents hold

1,461 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+10%

Jobs based in Elyria, 2013 → 2023: 1,554 → 1,714. 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.