Work & commute · Medina

Work & commute in Medina, OH

Most working residents leave Medina for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (10%), Akron (5%) and Medina (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

2,219 of 12,711 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,492 Medina residents head out of town to work, 2,219 work right here, and 12,797 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medina.

10,492live here, work elsewhere

2,219live and work here

12,797work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medina goes to work

Medina (in town)right here

17%2,219

Cleveland25.7 mi away

10%1,323

Akron18.5 mi away

5%672

Medina3.8 mi away

3%398

Strongsville12.5 mi away

2%308

Brunswick8.2 mi away

2%300

Montville3.2 mi away

2%290

Middleburg Heights16.5 mi away

2%241

Columbus98.7 mi away

2%201

Independence20.9 mi away

2%192

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%6,567

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

How far

How far Medina commutes

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

33%

39%

17%

10%

33%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medina is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Medina are

15,016 jobs are based in Medina. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Medina’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Medina

15,016 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Medina residents hold

12,711 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+16%

Jobs based in Medina, 2013 → 2023: 12,911 → 15,016. 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.