Work & commute · Minerva

Work & commute in Minerva, OH

Most working residents leave Minerva for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Canton (11%), Alliance (5%) and Jackson (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

283 of 1,669 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,386 Minerva residents head out of town to work, 283 work right here, and 2,071 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minerva.

1,386live here, work elsewhere

283live and work here

2,071work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minerva goes to work

Minerva (in town)right here

17%283

Canton14.9 mi away

11%188

Alliance12.5 mi away

5%79

Jackson21.8 mi away

5%77

Akron32.6 mi away

3%58

Brown4.4 mi away

3%47

Paris3.2 mi away

3%42

Massillon22.5 mi away

2%33

Columbus111.7 mi away

2%29

Salem17.9 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%808

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

How far

How far Minerva commutes

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

28%

42%

16%

14%

28%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minerva is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Minerva are

2,354 jobs are based in Minerva. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Minerva’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Minerva

2,354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Minerva residents hold

1,669 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+4%

Jobs based in Minerva, 2013 → 2023: 2,253 → 2,354. 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.