Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Beach City commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Beach City for work; outside it, Massillon is the main destination (10%, 10 miles). Employers in Beach City report 35 jobs, against 450 working residents. For 6% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Beach City
Beach City is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Beach City, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Beach City has about 510 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Beach City workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 450 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Beach City quiets down on a workday
On a workday 448 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Beach City on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 28 minutes to work from Beach City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beach City workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 336 commuters (the 6% 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.
The towns that employ Beach City’s residents
Where Beach City clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 37% of the jobs in Beach City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beach City, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 35. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beach City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Beach City works
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Beach City: questions
What is the median household income in Beach City?
$54,306 (±$29,312) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beach City?
19.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beach City?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beach City work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Massillon (10%, 10 mi), Canton (10%, 15 mi), Akron (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beach City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beach City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beach City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.