Work & commute · Sheffield

Work & commute in Sheffield, OH

Most working residents leave Sheffield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (18%), Elyria (9%) and Avon (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

106 of 2,102 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,996 Sheffield residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 3,950 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sheffield.

1,996live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

3,950work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sheffield goes to work

Cleveland21.5 mi away

18%383

Elyria5.4 mi away

9%195

Avon4.7 mi away

7%143

Westlake8.5 mi away

6%127

Sheffield (in town)right here

5%106

Lorain4.6 mi away

4%93

Avon Lake4.8 mi away

4%82

Fairview Park12.5 mi away

2%32

Columbus111.9 mi away

1%31

Independence24.5 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%880

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

How far

How far Sheffield commutes

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

43%

33%

12%

43%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sheffield is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sheffield are

4,056 jobs are based in Sheffield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sheffield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sheffield

4,056 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Sheffield residents hold

2,102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+23%

Jobs based in Sheffield, 2013 → 2023: 3,311 → 4,056. 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.