Work & commute · Garfield Heights

Work & commute in Garfield Heights, OH

Most working residents leave Garfield Heights for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (29%), Solon (4%) and Independence (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

691 of 12,452 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 11,761 Garfield Heights residents head out of town to work, 691 work right here, and 9,072 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garfield Heights.

11,761live here, work elsewhere

691live and work here

9,072work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garfield Heights goes to work

Cleveland5.6 mi away

29%3,582

Garfield Heights (in town)right here

6%691

Solon8.8 mi away

4%530

Independence3 mi away

4%459

Parma6.8 mi away

2%310

Beachwood6.6 mi away

2%265

Warrensville Heights4.5 mi away

2%252

Twinsburg10.7 mi away

2%239

North Randall4 mi away

2%219

Columbus122.6 mi away

2%208

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%5,697

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

How far

How far Garfield Heights commutes

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

68%

20%

68%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garfield Heights is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Garfield Heights are

9,763 jobs are based in Garfield Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Garfield Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Garfield Heights

9,763 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Garfield Heights residents hold

12,452 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−3%

Jobs based in Garfield Heights, 2013 → 2023: 10,075 → 9,763. 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.