Work & commute · Wellington

Work & commute in Wellington, OH

Most working residents leave Wellington for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (11%), Elyria (5%) and Oberlin (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

328 of 2,157 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,829 Wellington residents head out of town to work, 328 work right here, and 1,742 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellington.

1,829live here, work elsewhere

328live and work here

1,742work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellington goes to work

Wellington (in town)right here

15%328

Cleveland36.2 mi away

11%245

Elyria17 mi away

5%116

Oberlin9.3 mi away

4%93

Medina18.6 mi away

4%81

Lorain19.9 mi away

2%51

Wellington1.1 mi away

2%51

Columbus89.9 mi away

2%43

Westlake25.7 mi away

2%40

LaGrange8.5 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,075

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

How far

How far Wellington commutes

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

26%

34%

29%

11%

26%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellington is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellington are

2,070 jobs are based in Wellington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wellington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wellington

2,070 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Wellington residents hold

2,157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−4%

Jobs based in Wellington, 2013 → 2023: 2,149 → 2,070. 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.