Work & commute · New Russia

Work & commute in New Russia, OH

Most working residents leave New Russia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (11%), Oberlin (9%) and Elyria (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 1,023 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,014 New Russia residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Russia.

1,014live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

295work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Russia goes to work

Cleveland30.2 mi away

11%111

Oberlin2.5 mi away

9%89

Elyria7.5 mi away

8%84

Lorain8.4 mi away

5%53

Amherst5.8 mi away

3%35

Westlake17.5 mi away

3%28

Avon14.1 mi away

3%28

Avon Lake16 mi away

2%25

Elyria6.7 mi away

2%23

Amherst4.1 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%524

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

How far

How far New Russia commutes

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

35%

26%

27%

12%

35%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Russia is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Russia are

304 jobs are based in New Russia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Russia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Russia

304 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs New Russia residents hold

1,023 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+23%

Jobs based in New Russia, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 304. 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.