Photo: LeeG7144 · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Wickliffe
Only 7% work in Wickliffe; the top destination outside it is Cleveland (18%, 14 miles). Wickliffe grades A− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 11.7 in Cleveland.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Wickliffe, in brief
Wickliffe trades workers with the towns around it
Wickliffe has about as many jobs (7,060) as working residents (6,176), but they are mostly different people: 5,750 residents leave for work each day while 6,634 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Wickliffe are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Wickliffe makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Wickliffe are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wickliffe residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Wickliffe draws workers from far and wide
The 7,060 jobs in Wickliffe are filled from a wide area. Wickliffe’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 38%; the other 56% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Wickliffe’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wickliffe is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #294 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Wickliffe could be anywhere from B to A.
How a workday changes Wickliffe
On a workday 5,750 residents head out to work, 426 work right here, and 6,634 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 (1.14 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Goods, not services: 36% of the jobs in Wickliffe
7,060 jobs are based in Wickliffe.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wickliffe, 2013 → 2023: 6,989 → 7,060. 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 Wickliffe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Wickliffe’s residents
Where Wickliffe clocks in
18% of workers
9% 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.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wickliffe workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,858 commuters (the 10% 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 Wickliffe
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.
Wickliffe is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wickliffe is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #111 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% 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 6,508 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 6.5% of Wickliffe households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Wickliffe’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wickliffe next to U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000: 795th of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 793 | Elizabeth Township PA | 12,399 | $81K | 5.7% | 3.1% | 10% | A− |
| 794 | Tehaleh WA | 9,561 | $156K | 1.4% | 6.4% | 1% | A− |
| 795 | Wickliffe OH | 12,649 | $82K | 6.6% | 3.8% | 7% | A− |
| 796 | Warrenville IL | 15,211 | $100K | 11.3% | 3.7% | 3% | A− |
| 797 | Lansing KS | 11,331 | $103K | 6.3% | 4.5% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Wickliffe, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 11% of Wickliffe’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wickliffe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickliffe | – | A− | A− | 21 min | $81,750 |
| Willoughby Hills | under 2% | B+ | B− | 21 min | $67,214 |
| Euclid | 4% | C | A | 26 min | $50,285 |
| Willowick | under 2% | A− | A− | 21 min | $77,228 |
| Willoughby | 7% | B | A− | 23 min | $71,309 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Willoughby. Darker towns draw more of Wickliffe’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 Wickliffe: questions
What is the median household income in Wickliffe?
$81,750 (±$7,351) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wickliffe?
6.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wickliffe?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wickliffe work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (18%, 14 mi), Mentor (9%, 9 mi), Willoughby (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wickliffe walkable?
Wickliffe is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 13.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wickliffe without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wickliffe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wickliffe
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.