Work & commute · Stow

Work & commute in Stow, OH

Most working residents leave Stow for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Akron (16%), Cuyahoga Falls (7%) and Hudson (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,437 of 15,797 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,360 Stow residents head out of town to work, 1,437 work right here, and 10,390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stow.

14,360live here, work elsewhere

1,437live and work here

10,390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stow goes to work

Akron8 mi away

16%2,495

Stow (in town)right here

9%1,437

Cuyahoga Falls6.1 mi away

7%1,030

Hudson4.4 mi away

6%932

Cleveland24.4 mi away

5%841

Kent4.3 mi away

4%662

Twinsburg10.1 mi away

3%416

Tallmadge4.9 mi away

2%290

Streetsboro6.4 mi away

2%279

Columbus115.7 mi away

2%257

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%7,158

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

How far

How far Stow commutes

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

52%

28%

11%

52%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stow is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stow are

11,827 jobs are based in Stow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stow

11,827 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Stow residents hold

15,797 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+8%

Jobs based in Stow, 2013 → 2023: 10,972 → 11,827. 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.