Photo: Dmsparling · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Avon Lake (1.6%) is lower than in 89% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Avon Lake is better than 97% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+). Measured by household income, Avon Lake is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns. 22% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Avon Lake and work: the main findings
Avon Lake makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Avon Lake are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Avon Lake residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Avon Lake
22% of Avon Lake workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Avon Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Avon Lake’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Avon Lake’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Avon Lake could be anywhere from A to A+.
Factories, building and farms: 46% of the jobs in Avon Lake
7,711 jobs are based in Avon Lake.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avon Lake, 2014 → 2024: 7,189 → 7,711. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avon Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Avon Lake
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Avon Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,452 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Avon Lake, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 10,240 residents head out to work, 1,221 work right here, and 6,490 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23,000 people are in Avon Lake on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Avon Lake work
Where Avon Lake clocks in
22% of workers
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How many miles Avon Lake commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Avon Lake gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,474 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.2% of Avon Lake households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Avon Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,477 U.S. towns of 19,000 to 36,000, Avon Lake comes 47th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 8 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Horsham Township PA | 27,882 | $122K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 46 | Ridgewood NJ | 26,527 | $208K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 8% | A+ |
| 47 | Avon Lake OH | 26,486 | $116K | 3.2% | 1.6% | 11% | A+ |
| 48 | Peters Township PA | 23,262 | $146K | 2.1% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 49 | Arnold MD | 24,303 | $142K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,477 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Avon Lake, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Avon Lake and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Avon (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Avon Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Lake | – | A+ | C+ | 29 min | $115,567 |
| Avon | 6% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $135,915 |
| Sheffield Lake | under 2% | B− | C | 27 min | $69,632 |
| Bay Village | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $132,254 |
| Sheffield | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $107,837 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Avon Lake’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Avon Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Avon Lake?
$115,567 (±$3,735) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avon Lake?
3.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avon Lake?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avon Lake work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (22%, 18 mi), Westlake (9%, 5 mi), Avon (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Avon Lake walkable?
Avon Lake is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Avon Lake without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avon Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avon Lake
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.