Work & commute · Sheffield Lake

Work & commute in Sheffield Lake, OH

Most working residents leave Sheffield Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (16%), Avon (7%) and Westlake (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

99 of 4,315 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,216 Sheffield Lake residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 387 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sheffield Lake.

4,216live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

387work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sheffield Lake goes to work

Cleveland21.7 mi away

16%707

Avon5.7 mi away

7%311

Westlake9.1 mi away

7%302

Avon Lake4.3 mi away

6%278

Elyria7.5 mi away

6%276

Lorain5.4 mi away

4%181

Sheffield2.2 mi away

3%142

Sheffield Lake (in town)right here

2%99

North Ridgeville8.1 mi away

2%96

North Olmsted10.6 mi away

2%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,846

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

How far

How far Sheffield Lake commutes

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

40%

34%

15%

11%

40%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sheffield Lake is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sheffield Lake are

486 jobs are based in Sheffield Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sheffield Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sheffield Lake

486 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Sheffield Lake residents hold

4,315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+5%

Jobs based in Sheffield Lake, 2013 → 2023: 463 → 486. 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.