103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association Barracks · Photo: Philip Sutherland · CC BY-SA 4.0Sheffield Lake has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 506 jobs in Sheffield Lake for 4,253 working residents. Sheffield Lake grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 2% work in Sheffield Lake itself; outside it, Cleveland draws the most (16%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Sheffield Lake: the gist
How Sheffield Lake earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sheffield Lake is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #587 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Sheffield Lake’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sheffield Lake could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who works in Sheffield Lake, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,151 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 404 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,200 people are in Sheffield Lake on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Where Sheffield Lake goes to work
Where Sheffield Lake clocks in
16% of workers
7% 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 Sheffield Lake’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sheffield Lake, 2014 → 2024: 425 → 506. 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 Sheffield Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Sheffield Lake
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sheffield Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,420 commuters (the 7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Sheffield Lake
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.
In Sheffield Lake, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sheffield Lake is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #703 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Sheffield Lake 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 4,745 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.3% of Sheffield Lake households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sheffield Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Sheffield Lake ranks: 1,601st of 2,862 U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,599 | Freeport FL | 7,543 | $92K | 7.4% | 3.0% | 7% | B− |
| 1,600 | Flushing MI | 8,175 | $80K | 7.0% | 6.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,601 | Sheffield Lake OH | 8,971 | $70K | 14.8% | 3.6% | 2% | B− |
| 1,602 | Kimball Township MI | 9,652 | $71K | 9.2% | 3.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,603 | Broadview IL | 7,871 | $65K | 9.4% | 6.5% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,862 | 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 Sheffield Lake, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 14% of Sheffield Lake
The biggest share goes to Avon Lake (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sheffield Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Lake | – | B− | C | 27 min | $69,632 |
| Sheffield | 3% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $107,837 |
| Lorain | 4% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $48,685 |
| Avon Lake | 7% | A+ | C+ | 29 min | $115,567 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sheffield Lake’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 Sheffield Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Sheffield Lake?
$69,632 (±$11,375) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sheffield Lake?
14.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sheffield Lake?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sheffield Lake work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (16%, 22 mi), Westlake (7%, 9 mi), Avon (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sheffield Lake walkable?
Sheffield Lake is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sheffield Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sheffield Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sheffield 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. 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.