Work & commute · Plain

Work & commute in Plain, OH

Most working residents leave Plain for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Canton (19%), Jackson (14%) and North Canton (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

2,810 of 22,420 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,610 Plain residents head out of town to work, 2,810 work right here, and 13,464 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plain.

19,610live here, work elsewhere

2,810live and work here

13,464work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plain goes to work

Canton4.4 mi away

19%4,213

Jackson5.9 mi away

14%3,124

North Canton1.6 mi away

6%1,446

Plain (in town)right here

6%1,299

Akron16.6 mi away

5%1,189

Green8 mi away

4%884

Massillon10.2 mi away

3%753

Cleveland45 mi away

2%434

Columbus104.8 mi away

2%428

Canton8 mi away

1%300

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%8,350

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

How far

How far Plain commutes

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

59%

17%

12%

11%

59%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plain is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plain are

16,274 jobs are based in Plain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plain

16,274 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Plain residents hold

22,420 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+22%

Jobs based in Plain, 2013 → 2023: 13,345 → 16,274. 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.