Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Chippewa Lake works elsewhere
68 jobs are based in Chippewa Lake; 340 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Chippewa Lake; the top destination outside it is Medina (12%, 4 miles). The average commute takes 27 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Chippewa Lake apart
How a workday changes Chippewa Lake
On a workday 337 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Chippewa Lake on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Commuting out of Chippewa Lake: the destinations
Where Chippewa Lake clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Chippewa Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chippewa Lake, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 68. 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 Chippewa Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Chippewa Lake, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chippewa Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 311 commuters (the 13% 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.
Chippewa Lake’s commute, mile by mile
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 Chippewa Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Chippewa Lake?
$73,958 (±$20,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chippewa Lake?
5.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chippewa Lake?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chippewa Lake work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Medina (12%, 4 mi), Cleveland (11%, 30 mi), Akron (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chippewa Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chippewa Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chippewa Lake
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.