Work & commute · Olmsted Falls

Work & commute in Olmsted Falls, OH

Most working residents leave Olmsted Falls for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (26%), Strongsville (5%) and Westlake (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

119 of 3,947 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 3,828 Olmsted Falls residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 1,266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olmsted Falls.

3,828live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

1,266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olmsted Falls goes to work

Cleveland14 mi away

26%1,032

Strongsville5.2 mi away

5%201

Westlake5.9 mi away

5%183

Middleburg Heights4.7 mi away

4%166

Berea2.2 mi away

4%142

North Olmsted3.5 mi away

3%123

Olmsted Falls (in town)right here

3%119

Olmsted1.6 mi away

3%102

Parma9.2 mi away

3%100

Independence14.1 mi away

2%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,707

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

How far

How far Olmsted Falls commutes

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

45%

40%

45%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olmsted Falls is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Olmsted Falls are

1,385 jobs are based in Olmsted Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Olmsted Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Olmsted Falls

1,385 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Olmsted Falls residents hold

3,947 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−1%

Jobs based in Olmsted Falls, 2013 → 2023: 1,404 → 1,385. 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.