Work & commute · Grafton

Work & commute in Grafton, OH

Most working residents leave Grafton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (16%), Elyria (7%) and Westlake (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

104 of 2,278 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,174 Grafton residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 1,537 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grafton.

2,174live here, work elsewhere

104live and work here

1,537work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grafton goes to work

Cleveland22.6 mi away

16%356

Elyria7.5 mi away

7%166

Grafton (in town)right here

5%104

Westlake12.5 mi away

3%66

Eaton2.7 mi away

3%64

Strongsville10.5 mi away

3%58

Avon11.2 mi away

2%49

Columbus102.8 mi away

2%49

North Ridgeville7.1 mi away

2%44

Lorain13.2 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,281

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

How far

How far Grafton commutes

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

26%

40%

20%

14%

26%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grafton is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grafton are

1,641 jobs are based in Grafton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grafton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grafton

1,641 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Grafton residents hold

2,278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+1%

Jobs based in Grafton, 2013 → 2023: 1,618 → 1,641. 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.