Work & commute · South Amherst

Work & commute in South Amherst, OH

Most working residents leave South Amherst for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (9%), Elyria (8%) and Lorain (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 753 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 748 South Amherst residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Amherst.

748live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Amherst goes to work

Cleveland30.2 mi away

9%70

Elyria7.4 mi away

8%60

Lorain7 mi away

7%56

Oberlin4.2 mi away

7%51

Amherst4.1 mi away

4%32

Westlake17.3 mi away

3%26

Avon Lake15.3 mi away

3%25

Avon13.7 mi away

3%19

Amherst2.7 mi away

2%14

Brooklyn25.9 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%388

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

How far

How far South Amherst commutes

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

35%

25%

26%

14%

35%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Amherst is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Amherst are

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

Jobs based in South Amherst

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs South Amherst residents hold

753 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−16%

Jobs based in South Amherst, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 111. 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.