Photo: Nick22aku · Public domainBeachwood draws 17,992 commuters a day, with 3.4 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Beachwood A−; getting around on foot earns it A. 18,510 jobs are based in Beachwood, and 5,371 of its residents work somewhere. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Beachwood apart on work
Beachwood has far more jobs than workers
Beachwood has 18,510 jobs, 3.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 27,000 people are in town, 96% more than the 14,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Beachwood draws workers from far and wide
The 18,510 jobs in Beachwood are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 29%; the other 68% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Most Beachwood residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Beachwood and Cleveland trade workers both ways
Cleveland is the top workplace for Beachwood residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Beachwood come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Beachwood works from home
21% of Beachwood workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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.
How Beachwood earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Beachwood is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #200 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Beachwood’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Beachwood could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
A workday in Beachwood: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 4,853 residents head out to work and 518 work right here.
About 27,000 people are in Beachwood on a workday afternoon, 96% more 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.
The daily trip into Beachwood
Where Beachwood clocks in
34% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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 far it is to work from Beachwood
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.
Commuting from Beachwood: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beachwood workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,376 commuters (the 21% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Beachwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beachwood, 2013 → 2023: 20,497 → 18,510. 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 Beachwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Beachwood
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beachwood is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns, #23 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Beachwood near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,832 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 39% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.0% of Beachwood households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Beachwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
516th of 2,059: where Beachwood ranks among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 514 | Hermantown MN | 10,110 | $91K | 5.4% | 2.1% | 13% | A− |
| 515 | New Milford NJ | 17,133 | $115K | 4.2% | 6.4% | 4% | A− |
| 516 | Beachwood OH | 13,673 | $107K | 3.8% | 5.4% | 10% | A− |
| 517 | Clayton OH | 13,397 | $93K | 7.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A− |
| 518 | North Palm Beach FL | 13,319 | $90K | 7.7% | 2.3% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,059 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Beachwood, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Beachwood and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Shaker Heights (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beachwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beachwood | – | A− | A | 18 min | $106,748 |
| Shaker Heights | 2% | A− | A | 22 min | $104,073 |
| Pepper Pike | under 2% | A+ | B | 23 min | $227,813 |
| University Heights | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 19 min | $96,971 |
| Orange | under 2% | B+ | C− | 22 min | $170,063 |
| Highland Hills | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Woodmere | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Lyndhurst | under 2% | A | B | 22 min | $91,238 |
Same-state neighbors only. Highland Hills and Woodmere: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beachwood’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 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 Beachwood: questions
What is the median household income in Beachwood?
$106,748 (±$9,181) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beachwood?
3.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beachwood?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beachwood work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (34%, 9 mi), Solon (3%, 7 mi), Mayfield Heights (2%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beachwood walkable?
Beachwood is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beachwood without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 39% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beachwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beachwood
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. 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.