Work & commute · Painesville

Work & commute in Painesville, OH

Most working residents leave Painesville for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Mentor (19%), Cleveland (11%) and Willoughby (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

846 of 8,725 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 7,879 Painesville residents head out of town to work, 846 work right here, and 5,712 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Painesville.

7,879live here, work elsewhere

846live and work here

5,712work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Painesville goes to work

Mentor4.6 mi away

19%1,686

Cleveland27.5 mi away

11%951

Painesville (in town)right here

10%846

Willoughby9.6 mi away

4%375

Painesville5 mi away

4%327

Concord3.7 mi away

3%277

Wickliffe13.4 mi away

3%225

Euclid16.2 mi away

2%212

Perry10.3 mi away

2%150

Eastlake9.7 mi away

2%146

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%3,530

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

How far

How far Painesville commutes

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

44%

26%

19%

11%

44%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Painesville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Painesville are

6,558 jobs are based in Painesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Painesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Painesville

6,558 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Painesville residents hold

8,725 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+4%

Jobs based in Painesville, 2013 → 2023: 6,299 → 6,558. 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.