Work & commute · Westfield

Work & commute in Westfield, OH

Most working residents leave Westfield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Medina (10%), Cleveland (9%) and Akron (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

68 of 1,273 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,205 Westfield residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 720 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westfield.

1,205live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

720work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westfield goes to work

Medina8.9 mi away

10%127

Cleveland34.5 mi away

9%120

Akron20.3 mi away

6%72

Westfield (in town)right here

5%68

Wooster13.1 mi away

4%48

Westfield Center2.2 mi away

3%40

Wadsworth8.8 mi away

3%36

Seville1.9 mi away

3%32

Brunswick17 mi away

2%29

Liverpool15.8 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%679

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

How far

How far Westfield commutes

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

28%

34%

28%

28%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westfield is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westfield are

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

Jobs based in Westfield

788 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Westfield residents hold

1,273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−68%

Jobs based in Westfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,434 → 788. 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.