Work & commute · Madison

Work & commute in Madison, OH

Most working residents leave Madison for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Mentor (12%), Cleveland (11%) and Painesville (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,005 of 8,825 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,820 Madison residents head out of town to work, 1,005 work right here, and 2,705 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison.

7,820live here, work elsewhere

1,005live and work here

2,705work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madison goes to work

Mentor20 mi away

12%1,099

Cleveland43 mi away

11%972

Madison (in town)right here

7%610

Painesville15.5 mi away

5%429

Willoughby25.1 mi away

3%307

Geneva4.6 mi away

3%256

Painesville10.8 mi away

3%245

Madison5.7 mi away

3%237

Concord17 mi away

2%210

Perry5.4 mi away

2%189

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%4,271

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

How far

How far Madison commutes

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

21%

36%

29%

13%

21%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madison is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison are

3,710 jobs are based in Madison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Madison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Madison

3,710 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Madison residents hold

8,825 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+17%

Jobs based in Madison, 2013 → 2023: 3,173 → 3,710. 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.