Work & commute · LaGrange

Work & commute in LaGrange, OH

Most working residents leave LaGrange for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (13%), Elyria (11%) and Avon (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

96 of 1,300 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,204 LaGrange residents head out of town to work, 96 work right here, and 1,224 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in LaGrange.

1,204live here, work elsewhere

96live and work here

1,224work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where LaGrange goes to work

Cleveland27.9 mi away

13%168

Elyria9.6 mi away

11%146

LaGrange (in town)right here

7%96

Avon15.2 mi away

3%37

Westlake17.3 mi away

3%34

Oberlin6.3 mi away

2%32

Lorain14.1 mi away

2%25

North Ridgeville11.1 mi away

2%25

Medina14.6 mi away

2%23

Grafton5.3 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%692

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

How far

How far LaGrange commutes

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

29%

36%

25%

29%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

LaGrange is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in LaGrange are

1,320 jobs are based in LaGrange. Here is what they are, next to the jobs LaGrange’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in LaGrange

1,320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs LaGrange residents hold

1,300 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+32%

Jobs based in LaGrange, 2013 → 2023: 997 → 1,320. 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.