Work & commute · North Olmsted

Work & commute in North Olmsted, OH

Most working residents leave North Olmsted for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (28%), Westlake (7%) and Middleburg Heights (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,188 of 15,003 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,815 North Olmsted residents head out of town to work, 1,188 work right here, and 10,792 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Olmsted.

13,815live here, work elsewhere

1,188live and work here

10,792work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Olmsted goes to work

Cleveland13.2 mi away

28%4,186

North Olmsted (in town)right here

8%1,188

Westlake2.5 mi away

7%1,074

Middleburg Heights6.3 mi away

3%440

Strongsville8.4 mi away

3%380

Fairview Park3.9 mi away

2%338

Parma10.1 mi away

2%335

Lakewood7.7 mi away

2%317

Avon4.9 mi away

2%308

Rocky River5.3 mi away

2%283

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%6,154

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

How far

How far North Olmsted commutes

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

46%

38%

46%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Olmsted is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Olmsted are

11,980 jobs are based in North Olmsted. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Olmsted’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Olmsted

11,980 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs North Olmsted residents hold

15,003 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−14%

Jobs based in North Olmsted, 2013 → 2023: 14,002 → 11,980. 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.