Work & commute · Massillon

Work & commute in Massillon, OH

Most working residents leave Massillon for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Canton (12%), Jackson (11%) and Akron (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

2,689 of 14,763 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,074 Massillon residents head out of town to work, 2,689 work right here, and 12,674 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Massillon.

12,074live here, work elsewhere

2,689live and work here

12,674work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Massillon goes to work

Massillon (in town)right here

18%2,689

Canton8.4 mi away

12%1,744

Jackson5.9 mi away

11%1,584

Akron20.5 mi away

5%791

Green12 mi away

2%323

Plain10.2 mi away

2%311

Perry3.2 mi away

2%298

North Canton9.1 mi away

2%296

Orrville13.9 mi away

2%250

Cleveland48.6 mi away

2%249

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%6,228

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

How far

How far Massillon commutes

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

54%

24%

11%

54%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Massillon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Massillon are

15,363 jobs are based in Massillon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Massillon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Massillon

15,363 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Massillon residents hold

14,763 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−3%

Jobs based in Massillon, 2013 → 2023: 15,831 → 15,363. 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.