Work & commute · Willoughby

Work & commute in Willoughby, OH

Most working residents leave Willoughby for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (19%), Mentor (12%) and Euclid (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,329 of 11,692 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,363 Willoughby residents head out of town to work, 1,329 work right here, and 12,736 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willoughby.

10,363live here, work elsewhere

1,329live and work here

12,736work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willoughby goes to work

Cleveland17.9 mi away

19%2,203

Mentor5.1 mi away

12%1,425

Willoughby (in town)right here

11%1,329

Euclid6.6 mi away

4%438

Eastlake0.5 mi away

3%379

Mayfield Heights9.1 mi away

2%277

Wickliffe3.9 mi away

2%273

Beachwood12.5 mi away

2%241

Solon18 mi away

2%230

Painesville9.6 mi away

2%214

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%4,683

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

How far

How far Willoughby commutes

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

44%

39%

44%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willoughby is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Willoughby are

14,065 jobs are based in Willoughby. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Willoughby’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Willoughby

14,065 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Willoughby residents hold

11,692 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−8%

Jobs based in Willoughby, 2013 → 2023: 15,306 → 14,065. 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.