Work & commute · South Canal

Work & commute in South Canal, OH

Most working residents leave South Canal for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Newton Falls (11%), Lordstown (7%) and Warren (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 468 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 464 South Canal residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Canal.

464live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Canal goes to work

Newton Falls1.9 mi away

11%51

Lordstown6.6 mi away

7%31

Warren10.3 mi away

6%29

Youngstown18.7 mi away

4%21

Jackson9.1 mi away

3%15

Niles12.5 mi away

3%14

Akron28.2 mi away

3%12

Austintown14.3 mi away

3%12

Kent19.4 mi away

2%10

Ravenna13 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%264

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

How far

How far South Canal commutes

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

30%

41%

17%

12%

30%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Canal 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 Canal are

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

Jobs based in South Canal

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs South Canal residents hold

468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−46%

Jobs based in South Canal, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 70. 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.