Work & commute · Willowick

Work & commute in Willowick, OH

Most working residents leave Willowick for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (18%), Mentor (12%) and Willoughby (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

184 of 7,098 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,914 Willowick residents head out of town to work, 184 work right here, and 1,233 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willowick.

6,914live here, work elsewhere

184live and work here

1,233work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willowick goes to work

Cleveland15.3 mi away

18%1,280

Mentor7.8 mi away

12%840

Willoughby2.9 mi away

8%588

Eastlake2.7 mi away

5%330

Euclid4 mi away

5%329

Wickliffe1.9 mi away

3%225

Willowick (in town)right here

3%184

Mayfield Heights8.1 mi away

2%173

Beachwood11.1 mi away

2%164

Solon17.2 mi away

2%144

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,841

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

How far

How far Willowick commutes

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

46%

39%

46%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willowick is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Willowick are

1,417 jobs are based in Willowick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Willowick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Willowick

1,417 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Willowick residents hold

7,098 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−14%

Jobs based in Willowick, 2013 → 2023: 1,645 → 1,417. 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.