With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Cinnamon Lake works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Cinnamon Lake for work; outside it, Ashland is the main destination (19%, 10 miles). Employers in Cinnamon Lake report 26 jobs; 470 of its residents have a job. At home: 3% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cinnamon Lake: the figures worth knowing
Cinnamon Lake is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Cinnamon Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cinnamon Lake has about 490 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Cinnamon Lake and Ashland trade workers both ways
Ashland is the top workplace for Cinnamon Lake residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Cinnamon Lake come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Cinnamon Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 84 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; with 470 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Cinnamon Lake, and who commutes in
On a workday 469 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Cinnamon Lake on a workday afternoon, 48% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Cinnamon Lake: the destinations
Where Cinnamon Lake clocks in
19% of workers
4% 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.
About 34 minutes to work from Cinnamon Lake
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cinnamon Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 517 commuters (the 3% 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.
In Cinnamon Lake, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cinnamon Lake, 2014 → 2024: 32 → 26. 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 Cinnamon Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Cinnamon Lake, by distance
About 22% 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 2024.
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 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 Cinnamon Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Cinnamon Lake?
$79,320 (±$18,787) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cinnamon Lake?
1.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cinnamon Lake?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cinnamon Lake work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashland (19%, 10 mi), Wooster (7%, 18 mi), Mansfield (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Cinnamon 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 Cinnamon Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cinnamon 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.