Work & commute · Parma Heights

Work & commute in Parma Heights, OH

Most working residents leave Parma Heights for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (27%), Parma (7%) and Middleburg Heights (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

269 of 9,682 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,413 Parma Heights residents head out of town to work, 269 work right here, and 2,772 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parma Heights.

9,413live here, work elsewhere

269live and work here

2,772work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parma Heights goes to work

Cleveland7.8 mi away

27%2,587

Parma1.7 mi away

7%693

Middleburg Heights2.9 mi away

4%403

Strongsville6.1 mi away

3%327

Parma Heights (in town)right here

3%269

Independence6.7 mi away

3%254

Brooklyn3.6 mi away

2%220

Westlake9.9 mi away

2%207

Brook Park3.4 mi away

2%169

Solon16.6 mi away

2%149

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%4,404

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

How far

How far Parma Heights commutes

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

57%

29%

57%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parma Heights is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parma Heights are

3,041 jobs are based in Parma Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parma Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Parma Heights

3,041 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Parma Heights residents hold

9,682 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−8%

Jobs based in Parma Heights, 2013 → 2023: 3,322 → 3,041. 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.