Work & commute · Smithville

Work & commute in Smithville, OH

Most working residents leave Smithville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Wooster (22%), Orrville (12%) and Green (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 606 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 555 Smithville residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 658 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smithville.

555live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

658work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smithville goes to work

Wooster4.8 mi away

22%131

Orrville4.4 mi away

12%70

Smithville (in town)right here

8%51

Green2.2 mi away

5%28

Wooster7.7 mi away

4%24

Akron23.2 mi away

2%15

Wadsworth13.2 mi away

2%13

East Union6.7 mi away

2%13

Columbus84.7 mi away

2%11

Rittman8.6 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%240

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

How far

How far Smithville commutes

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

62%

19%

11%

62%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smithville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Smithville are

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

Jobs based in Smithville

709 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Smithville residents hold

606 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+6%

Jobs based in Smithville, 2013 → 2023: 667 → 709. 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.