Work & commute · Parma

Work & commute in Parma, OH

Most working residents leave Parma for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (27%), Middleburg Heights (3%) and Independence (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

3,699 of 38,552 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 34,853 Parma residents head out of town to work, 3,699 work right here, and 18,520 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parma.

34,853live here, work elsewhere

3,699live and work here

18,520work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parma goes to work

Cleveland7 mi away

27%10,232

Parma (in town)right here

10%3,699

Middleburg Heights4.5 mi away

3%1,210

Independence5 mi away

3%1,093

Strongsville7.3 mi away

2%933

Brooklyn3.7 mi away

2%772

Westlake11.4 mi away

2%765

Solon14.9 mi away

2%752

Columbus116.9 mi away

2%628

Valley View6.2 mi away

1%573

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%17,895

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

How far

How far Parma commutes

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

60%

27%

60%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parma is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parma are

22,219 jobs are based in Parma. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parma’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Parma

22,219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Parma residents hold

38,552 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−13%

Jobs based in Parma, 2013 → 2023: 25,399 → 22,219. 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.