Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Strongsville have higher incomes than those in 79% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Strongsville itself; outside it, Cleveland draws the most (26%, 14 miles). Poverty touches 5.3% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. For jobs and income Strongsville is better than 92% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Strongsville, in brief
Strongsville trades workers with the towns around it
Strongsville has about as many jobs (20,747) as working residents (21,550), but they are mostly different people: 19,060 residents leave for work each day while 18,257 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Strongsville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Strongsville draws workers from far and wide
The 20,747 jobs in Strongsville are filled from a wide area. Strongsville’s own residents hold 12% and the ten next-biggest home towns 29%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Inside Strongsville’s Jobs & income grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Strongsville’s 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, Strongsville could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Strongsville
On a workday 19,060 residents head out to work, 2,490 work right here, and 18,257 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 (0.96 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.
Where Strongsville’s working residents head each day
Where Strongsville clocks in
26% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Strongsville
20,747 jobs are based in Strongsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Strongsville, 2014 → 2024: 20,243 → 20,747. 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 Strongsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Strongsville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Strongsville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18,262 commuters (the 19% 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.
Where in the region Strongsville works
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.
Few in Strongsville walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% 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 22,616 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 44% 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 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 5.0% of Strongsville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Strongsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
116th of 969: where Strongsville ranks among U.S. towns of 32,000 to 62,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Dublin OH | 49,094 | $160K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Eagle ID | 34,658 | $123K | 6.1% | 2.0% | 13% | A |
| 115 | Collierville TN | 51,909 | $139K | 3.2% | 4.0% | 19% | A |
| 116 | Strongsville OH | 45,629 | $103K | 5.3% | 2.7% | 12% | A |
| 117 | Cooper City FL | 35,030 | $132K | 5.0% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| 118 | Bothell WA | 52,199 | $140K | 4.8% | 3.9% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 969 | 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 Strongsville, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Strongsville and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Middleburg Heights (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Strongsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongsville | – | A | B+ | 26 min | $103,253 |
| Berea | under 2% | B | A | 23 min | $74,926 |
| Middleburg Heights | 4% | A | A− | 22 min | $78,815 |
| North Royalton | 2% | A− | B− | 26 min | $83,670 |
| Columbia Township | under 2% | A− | C | 26 min | $94,393 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Strongsville’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 Strongsville: questions
What is the median household income in Strongsville?
$103,253 (±$6,442) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Strongsville?
5.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Strongsville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Strongsville work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (26%, 14 mi), Middleburg Heights (4%, 4 mi), Parma (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Strongsville walkable?
Strongsville is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Strongsville 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 Strongsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Strongsville
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.