Photo: Jeffreyrstroup · CC BY-SA 4.0Cuyahoga Falls has lower unemployment (3.2%) than 66% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Cuyahoga Falls B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. About one in seven work in Cuyahoga Falls itself; outside it, Akron draws the most (20%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cuyahoga Falls: the figures worth knowing
The figures behind Cuyahoga Falls’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cuyahoga Falls is better than 67% of U.S. towns, #402 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Cuyahoga Falls’ grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($72,705, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cuyahoga Falls could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Where people from Cuyahoga Falls work
Where Cuyahoga Falls clocks in
20% of workers
5% 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.
Who commutes out of Cuyahoga Falls, and who commutes in
On a workday 21,262 residents head out to work, 3,028 work right here, and 16,831 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What work there is in Cuyahoga Falls: 19,859 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cuyahoga Falls, 2014 → 2024: 19,897 → 19,859. 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 Cuyahoga Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Cuyahoga Falls: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cuyahoga Falls workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24,116 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cuyahoga Falls
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 Cuyahoga Falls gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cuyahoga Falls is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #380 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% 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 27,825 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 40% 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). 4.9% of Cuyahoga Falls households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cuyahoga Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Cuyahoga Falls is 429th of 846 U.S. towns of 36,000 to 69,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Dublin OH | 49,094 | $160K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Washington Township OH | 51,915 | $148K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 427 | Brentwood CA | 66,607 | $142K | 8.3% | 5.8% | 13% | B+ |
| 428 | Portage MI | 49,862 | $83K | 7.1% | 4.3% | 22% | B+ |
| 429 | Cuyahoga Falls OH | 50,975 | $73K | 10.5% | 3.2% | 12% | B+ |
| 430 | Plymouth MA | 67,846 | $117K | 6.8% | 5.8% | 24% | B+ |
| 431 | St. Clair Shores MI | 57,872 | $74K | 8.4% | 4.4% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 846 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Cuyahoga Falls, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 24% of Cuyahoga Falls
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cuyahoga Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuyahoga Falls | – | B+ | B− | 22 min | $72,705 |
| Akron | 20% | C− | A− | 22 min | $48,076 |
| Silver Lake | under 2% | A+ | C | 26 min | $139,934 |
| Boston Township | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 25 min | $91,875 |
| Stow | 4% | A− | B | 24 min | $93,727 |
| Bath Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 34 min | $167,699 |
| Munroe Falls | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 23 min | $81,214 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Akron. Darker towns draw more of Cuyahoga Falls’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 Cuyahoga Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Cuyahoga Falls?
$72,705 (±$5,336) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cuyahoga Falls?
10.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cuyahoga Falls?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cuyahoga Falls work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (20%, 7 mi), Cleveland (5%, 22 mi), Stow (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Cuyahoga Falls walkable?
Cuyahoga Falls is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cuyahoga Falls without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cuyahoga Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cuyahoga Falls
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.