Work & commute · Green

Work & commute in Green, OH

Most working residents leave Green for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Orrville (21%), Wooster (18%) and Smithville (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

951 of 5,560 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 4,609 Green residents head out of town to work, 951 work right here, and 3,285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green.

4,609live here, work elsewhere

951live and work here

3,285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green goes to work

Orrville2.2 mi away

21%1,146

Wooster6.4 mi away

18%993

Smithville2.2 mi away

4%200

Akron21.9 mi away

3%148

East Union5.9 mi away

2%130

Wooster8.9 mi away

2%128

Green (in town)right here

2%126

Columbus85.9 mi away

2%117

Wadsworth12.7 mi away

2%103

Cleveland43.7 mi away

2%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%2,370

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

How far

How far Green commutes

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

55%

23%

12%

11%

55%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Green are

4,236 jobs are based in Green. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Green

4,236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Green residents hold

5,560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+18%

Jobs based in Green, 2013 → 2023: 3,588 → 4,236. 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.