Work & commute · Northfield Center

Work & commute in Northfield Center, OH

Most working residents leave Northfield Center for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (15%), Akron (5%) and Solon (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

97 of 2,856 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,759 Northfield Center residents head out of town to work, 97 work right here, and 1,487 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northfield Center.

2,759live here, work elsewhere

97live and work here

1,487work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northfield Center goes to work

Cleveland15.3 mi away

15%423

Akron14.3 mi away

5%147

Solon8.4 mi away

5%133

Twinsburg5.3 mi away

5%131

Macedonia2.5 mi away

4%109

Northfield Center (in town)right here

3%97

Garfield Heights9.8 mi away

2%69

Independence8.3 mi away

2%63

Hudson5.8 mi away

2%55

Cuyahoga Falls7.3 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,575

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

How far

How far Northfield Center commutes

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

41%

45%

41%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northfield Center is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northfield Center are

1,584 jobs are based in Northfield Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northfield Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northfield Center

1,584 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Northfield Center residents hold

2,856 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+3%

Jobs based in Northfield Center, 2013 → 2023: 1,544 → 1,584. 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.