Work & commute · Wadsworth

Work & commute in Wadsworth, OH

Most working residents leave Wadsworth for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Akron (13%), Cleveland (10%) and Medina (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,588 of 11,836 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,248 Wadsworth residents head out of town to work, 1,588 work right here, and 7,459 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wadsworth.

10,248live here, work elsewhere

1,588live and work here

7,459work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wadsworth goes to work

Wadsworth (in town)right here

13%1,588

Akron11.6 mi away

13%1,505

Cleveland31.3 mi away

10%1,198

Medina10.3 mi away

4%462

Wooster17.8 mi away

2%256

Barberton6.8 mi away

2%245

Fairlawn9.2 mi away

2%224

Orrville12.6 mi away

2%212

Cuyahoga Falls14.2 mi away

2%195

Copley6.6 mi away

2%181

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%5,770

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

How far

How far Wadsworth commutes

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

32%

34%

24%

10%

32%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wadsworth is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wadsworth are

9,047 jobs are based in Wadsworth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wadsworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wadsworth

9,047 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Wadsworth residents hold

11,836 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+7%

Jobs based in Wadsworth, 2013 → 2023: 8,445 → 9,047. 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.