Work & commute · Penfield

Work & commute in Penfield, OH

Most working residents leave Penfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (12%), Elyria (8%) and LaGrange (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 880 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 873 Penfield residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penfield.

873live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Penfield goes to work

Cleveland31.4 mi away

12%104

Elyria14.8 mi away

8%71

LaGrange5.2 mi away

6%52

Wellington5.7 mi away

4%32

Medina13.1 mi away

3%26

Lorain19.2 mi away

3%26

Westlake21.9 mi away

3%23

North Ridgeville16 mi away

2%20

Strongsville18 mi away

2%16

Avon20.2 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%494

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

How far

How far Penfield commutes

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

16%

47%

26%

11%

16%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Penfield is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Penfield are

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

Jobs based in Penfield

168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Penfield residents hold

880 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+34%

Jobs based in Penfield, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 168. 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.