Work & commute · Rootstown

Work & commute in Rootstown, OH

Most working residents leave Rootstown for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Akron (12%), Ravenna (7%) and Kent (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

280 of 4,142 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 3,862 Rootstown residents head out of town to work, 280 work right here, and 1,598 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rootstown.

3,862live here, work elsewhere

280live and work here

1,598work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rootstown goes to work

Akron14.4 mi away

12%502

Ravenna4.2 mi away

7%299

Rootstown (in town)right here

7%280

Kent6.9 mi away

5%213

Cleveland34.5 mi away

5%201

Streetsboro10.9 mi away

3%122

Cuyahoga Falls17 mi away

3%111

Stow11.2 mi away

3%108

Tallmadge9.4 mi away

2%86

Twinsburg18.5 mi away

2%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,143

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

How far

How far Rootstown commutes

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

30%

43%

18%

30%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rootstown is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rootstown are

1,878 jobs are based in Rootstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rootstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rootstown

1,878 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Rootstown residents hold

4,142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+34%

Jobs based in Rootstown, 2013 → 2023: 1,405 → 1,878. 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.