Work & commute · Ravenna

Work & commute in Ravenna, OH

Most working residents leave Ravenna for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Akron (8%), Streetsboro (5%) and Kent (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

674 of 4,950 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,276 Ravenna residents head out of town to work, 674 work right here, and 6,107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ravenna.

4,276live here, work elsewhere

674live and work here

6,107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ravenna goes to work

Ravenna (in town)right here

14%674

Akron15.6 mi away

8%396

Streetsboro7.6 mi away

5%263

Kent6.5 mi away

5%241

Cleveland31.5 mi away

5%235

Aurora10.8 mi away

3%150

Twinsburg15.3 mi away

3%132

Stow10.2 mi away

3%127

Cuyahoga Falls16.2 mi away

2%109

Rootstown4.2 mi away

2%94

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%2,529

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

How far

How far Ravenna commutes

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

35%

38%

18%

35%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ravenna is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ravenna are

6,781 jobs are based in Ravenna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ravenna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ravenna

6,781 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Ravenna residents hold

4,950 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−12%

Jobs based in Ravenna, 2013 → 2023: 7,705 → 6,781. 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.