Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOlmsted Falls has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Olmsted Falls has 1,385 jobs, and 3,947 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Olmsted Falls are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 3% work in Olmsted Falls itself; outside it, Cleveland draws the most (26%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Olmsted Falls and work: the main findings
The better-paid jobs are outside Olmsted Falls
66% of Olmsted Falls residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Olmsted Falls pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Olmsted Falls empties out on a workday
About 6,100 people are in Olmsted Falls on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 8,700 who live here: 3,800 head out to work and 1,300 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Olmsted Falls
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Olmsted Falls is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #157 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Olmsted Falls’ grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Olmsted Falls could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
What Olmsted Falls’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olmsted Falls, 2013 → 2023: 1,404 → 1,385. 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 Olmsted Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Olmsted Falls, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,828 residents head out to work, 119 work right here, and 1,266 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,100 people are in Olmsted Falls on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Out of Olmsted Falls to work: where people go
Where Olmsted Falls clocks in
26% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Olmsted Falls
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olmsted Falls workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,805 commuters (the 18% 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.
How far Olmsted Falls’ workers travel
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.
Driving is how Olmsted Falls gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Olmsted Falls is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #799 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 4,647 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 20% 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). 2.1% of Olmsted Falls households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Olmsted Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
527th of 2,893: where Olmsted Falls ranks among U.S. towns of 6,100 to 11,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 26 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 525 | Rockton IL | 7,870 | $119K | 5.5% | 3.1% | 6% | A |
| 526 | Manorhaven NY | 7,135 | $105K | 6.4% | 3.9% | 4% | A |
| 527 | Olmsted Falls OH | 8,669 | $97K | 6.0% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 528 | New Hartford CT | 6,748 | $110K | 2.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
| 529 | Pleasant Township OH | 6,589 | $90K | 3.6% | 3.4% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,893 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Olmsted Falls, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Olmsted Falls and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Berea (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Olmsted Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olmsted Falls | – | A | C− | 26 min | $96,837 |
| Olmsted Township | 3% | A | C | 27 min | $96,447 |
| Berea | 4% | B | A | 23 min | $74,926 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Olmsted 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 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 Olmsted Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Olmsted Falls?
$96,837 (±$7,687) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olmsted Falls?
6.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olmsted Falls?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olmsted Falls work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (26%, 14 mi), Strongsville (5%, 5 mi), Westlake (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Olmsted Falls walkable?
Olmsted Falls is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Olmsted Falls without a car?
<1% 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 Olmsted Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olmsted Falls
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.