Work & commute · University Heights

Work & commute in University Heights, OH

Most working residents leave University Heights for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (34%), Beachwood (4%) and Cleveland Heights (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

213 of 5,503 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,290 University Heights residents head out of town to work, 213 work right here, and 2,841 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in University Heights.

5,290live here, work elsewhere

213live and work here

2,841work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where University Heights goes to work

Cleveland7.6 mi away

34%1,879

Beachwood2.1 mi away

4%240

Cleveland Heights1.8 mi away

4%239

University Heights (in town)right here

4%213

Shaker Heights1.5 mi away

3%181

South Euclid2.1 mi away

2%116

Solon9 mi away

2%114

Columbus129 mi away

2%109

Mayfield Heights4.5 mi away

2%95

Mentor17 mi away

2%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,229

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

How far

How far University Heights commutes

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

68%

16%

10%

68%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

University Heights is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in University Heights are

3,054 jobs are based in University Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs University Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in University Heights

3,054 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs University Heights residents hold

5,503 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−13%

Jobs based in University Heights, 2013 → 2023: 3,518 → 3,054. 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.