Work & commute · North Canton

Work & commute in North Canton, OH

Most working residents leave North Canton for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Canton (17%), Jackson (15%) and Akron (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

628 of 7,276 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,648 North Canton residents head out of town to work, 628 work right here, and 7,737 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Canton.

6,648live here, work elsewhere

628live and work here

7,737work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Canton goes to work

Canton4.9 mi away

17%1,213

Jackson4.4 mi away

15%1,097

North Canton (in town)right here

9%628

Akron15.7 mi away

5%397

Plain1.6 mi away

5%337

Green6.7 mi away

4%314

Massillon9.1 mi away

3%212

Columbus103.7 mi away

2%152

Cleveland44.3 mi away

2%150

Lake5.7 mi away

1%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,685

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

How far

How far North Canton commutes

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

60%

16%

12%

60%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Canton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Canton are

8,365 jobs are based in North Canton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Canton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Canton

8,365 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs North Canton residents hold

7,276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+25%

Jobs based in North Canton, 2013 → 2023: 6,715 → 8,365. 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.