Photo: JonRidinger · CC BY-SA 4.0Kirtland has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Kirtland are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Kirtland has 1,583 jobs; 3,215 of its residents have a job. Measured by household income, Kirtland is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Kirtland
Kirtland’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kirtland is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #251 of 992 in Ohio. Household income holds Kirtland’s grade up ($110,455, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kirtland could be anywhere from B to A+.
About 24 minutes to work from Kirtland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kirtland workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,479 commuters (the 24% 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.
Who works in Kirtland, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,052 residents head out to work, 163 work right here, and 1,420 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in Kirtland on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
19% of working residents work in Cleveland
Where Kirtland clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
What Kirtland’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kirtland, 2014 → 2024: 2,016 → 1,583. 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 Kirtland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Kirtland’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Getting around Kirtland: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kirtland is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #815 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Kirtland 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 3,242 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 4.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 82% 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). 2.4% of Kirtland households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kirtland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,300, Kirtland ranks 756th of 3,229 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 754 | Fairfax VT | 5,455 | $129K | 5.1% | 2.1% | 7% | A− |
| 755 | Peculiar MO | 6,365 | $95K | 4.9% | 4.1% | 4% | A− |
| 756 | Kirtland OH | 6,925 | $110K | 4.7% | 5.2% | 5% | A− |
| 757 | Saratoga Township IL | 6,597 | $82K | 5.4% | 2.4% | 7% | A− |
| 758 | LaFayette NY | 4,879 | $114K | 4.2% | 4.2% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,229 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Kirtland, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 18% of Kirtland
The biggest share goes to Mentor (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kirtland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland | – | A− | C− | 24 min | $110,455 |
| Waite Hill | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Kirtland Hills | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Willoughby Hills | under 2% | B+ | B− | 21 min | $67,214 |
| Willoughby | 7% | B | A− | 23 min | $71,309 |
| Chester Township | under 2% | A− | C | 26 min | $111,159 |
| Mentor | 11% | A | B+ | 22 min | $88,949 |
| Chardon Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Waite Hill and Kirtland Hills: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Chardon Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kirtland’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 Kirtland: questions
What is the median household income in Kirtland?
$110,455 (±$14,992) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kirtland?
4.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kirtland?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kirtland work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (19%, 19 mi), Mentor (11%, 6 mi), Willoughby (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kirtland walkable?
Kirtland is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kirtland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kirtland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kirtland
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.