Work & commute · Niles

Work & commute in Niles, OH

Most working residents leave Niles for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Warren (9%), Youngstown (8%) and Boardman (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,138 of 7,555 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 6,417 Niles residents head out of town to work, 1,138 work right here, and 6,647 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Niles.

6,417live here, work elsewhere

1,138live and work here

6,647work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Niles goes to work

Niles (in town)right here

15%1,138

Warren4.8 mi away

9%657

Youngstown8.3 mi away

8%584

Boardman12.4 mi away

6%429

Austintown6.7 mi away

4%274

Lordstown6 mi away

3%230

Morgandale5.9 mi away

2%153

Howland Center4.2 mi away

2%146

Howland3.5 mi away

2%144

Liberty5 mi away

2%138

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%3,662

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

How far

How far Niles commutes

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

57%

15%

14%

13%

57%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Niles is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Niles are

7,785 jobs are based in Niles. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Niles’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Niles

7,785 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Niles residents hold

7,555 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−15%

Jobs based in Niles, 2013 → 2023: 9,136 → 7,785. 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.