Work & commute · Youngstown

Work & commute in Youngstown, OH

About one in 5 of Youngstown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Boardman (13%), Austintown (5%) and Niles (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

4,126 of 19,296 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 15,170 Youngstown residents head out of town to work, 4,126 work right here, and 21,101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Youngstown.

15,170live here, work elsewhere

4,126live and work here

21,101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Youngstown goes to work

Youngstown (in town)right here

21%4,126

Boardman5.4 mi away

13%2,580

Austintown4.8 mi away

5%1,055

Niles8.3 mi away

2%466

Warren13.1 mi away

2%444

Lordstown12.5 mi away

2%422

Jackson11.2 mi away

2%396

Columbus144.9 mi away

2%393

Liberty5.1 mi away

2%386

Cleveland59.7 mi away

2%365

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%8,663

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

How far

How far Youngstown commutes

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

57%

13%

20%

57%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Youngstown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Youngstown are

25,227 jobs are based in Youngstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Youngstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Youngstown

25,227 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Youngstown residents hold

19,296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−15%

Jobs based in Youngstown, 2013 → 2023: 29,621 → 25,227. 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.