Work & commute · Vermilion

Work & commute in Vermilion, OH

Most working residents leave Vermilion for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Lorain (7%), Cleveland (6%) and Elyria (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

533 of 3,702 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 3,169 Vermilion residents head out of town to work, 533 work right here, and 1,505 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vermilion.

3,169live here, work elsewhere

533live and work here

1,505work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vermilion goes to work

Vermilion (in town)right here

14%533

Lorain7.4 mi away

7%262

Cleveland33.4 mi away

6%217

Elyria11.5 mi away

5%181

Amherst4.4 mi away

3%116

Westlake20.3 mi away

2%91

Vermilion4.3 mi away

2%86

Avon16.4 mi away

2%85

Sandusky20.8 mi away

2%71

Columbus104.3 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,991

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

How far

How far Vermilion commutes

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

31%

28%

20%

21%

31%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vermilion 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 Vermilion are

2,038 jobs are based in Vermilion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vermilion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vermilion

2,038 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Vermilion residents hold

3,702 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+4%

Jobs based in Vermilion, 2013 → 2023: 1,966 → 2,038. 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.