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Work & commute · Rocky River

Work & commute in Rocky River, OH

Most working residents leave Rocky River for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (33%), Westlake (6%) and Lakewood (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
818 of 9,181 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
19%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,363 Rocky River residents head out of town to work, 818 work right here, and 6,076 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rocky River.

8,363live here, work elsewhere
818live and work here
6,076work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Rocky River goes to work

Fairview ParkRocky RiverBay VillageLakewoodMiddleburg HeightsIndependenceNorth OlmstedAvon LakeWestlakeLorainAvonParmaColumbusClevelandClevelandWestlakeLakewoodIndependenceColumbusFairview ParkAvonParmaMiddleburg HeightsRocky River
1
Cleveland9 mi away
33%3,062
2
Rocky River (in town)right here
9%818
3
Westlake4.3 mi away
6%569
4
Lakewood2.8 mi away
3%267
5
Independence13.1 mi away
2%169
6
Columbus118.6 mi away
2%169
7
Fairview Park2.1 mi away
2%159
8
Avon8.1 mi away
2%159
9
Parma9 mi away
2%159
10
Middleburg Heights7.4 mi away
2%142
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%3,508

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

How far

How far Rocky River commutes

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

54%Under 10 mi
30%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Rocky River is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rocky River are

6,894 jobs are based in Rocky River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rocky River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rocky River

6,894 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Rocky River residents hold

9,181 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month68%
−7%

Jobs based in Rocky River, 2013 → 2023: 7,391 → 6,894. 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.

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