Work & commute · Shaker Heights

Work & commute in Shaker Heights, OH

Most working residents leave Shaker Heights for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (42%), Beachwood (4%) and Solon (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

941 of 12,203 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,262 Shaker Heights residents head out of town to work, 941 work right here, and 11,032 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shaker Heights.

11,262live here, work elsewhere

941live and work here

11,032work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shaker Heights goes to work

Cleveland6.7 mi away

42%5,101

Shaker Heights (in town)right here

8%941

Beachwood2.4 mi away

4%470

Solon8.4 mi away

2%294

Cleveland Heights2.5 mi away

2%209

Columbus127.5 mi away

2%197

Euclid8.2 mi away

2%195

Mayfield Heights5.7 mi away

1%171

Warrensville Heights3 mi away

1%167

Independence7.9 mi away

1%161

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%4,297

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

How far

How far Shaker Heights commutes

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

74%

14%

74%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shaker Heights is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shaker Heights are

11,973 jobs are based in Shaker Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shaker Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shaker Heights

11,973 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Shaker Heights residents hold

12,203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+88%

Jobs based in Shaker Heights, 2013 → 2023: 6,354 → 11,973. 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.