Photo: SilentMatt Psychedelic · CC BY-SA 4.0Woodmere has 7.8 jobs for every working resident: 2,317 people commute in to work
24% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%. Employers in Woodmere report 2,331 jobs, and 300 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% work in Woodmere; the top destination outside it is Cleveland (31%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Woodmere, in a few figures
Woodmere fills up on a workday
Woodmere has 2,331 jobs, 7.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,700 people are in town, 4 times the 710 who live here. Day and night ↓
Woodmere and Cleveland trade workers both ways
Cleveland is the top workplace for Woodmere residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Woodmere come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Woodmere residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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; with 300 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Woodmere: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 286 residents head out to work and 14 work right here.
About 2,700 people are in Woodmere on a workday afternoon, 288% more 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.
Where Woodmere’s workers come from
Where Woodmere clocks in
31% of workers
8% 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.
How far Woodmere goes to work
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.
What Woodmere’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodmere, 2013 → 2023: 2,110 → 2,331. 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 Woodmere’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Woodmere: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodmere workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 234 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.
12% of Woodmere works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Beachwood (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Woodmere workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodmere | – | — | — | 18 min | $57,115 |
| Orange | 2% | B+ | C− | 22 min | $170,063 |
| Beachwood | 8% | A− | A | 18 min | $106,748 |
| Pepper Pike | 2% | A+ | B | 23 min | $227,813 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Woodmere’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 Woodmere: questions
What is the median household income in Woodmere?
$57,115 (±$28,329) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodmere?
10.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodmere?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodmere work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (31%, 10 mi), Beachwood (8%, 2 mi), Solon (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Woodmere without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Woodmere, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodmere
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.