Work & commute · Cincinnati

Work & commute in Cincinnati, IA

Most working residents leave Cincinnati for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Centerville (31%), Des Moines (4%) and Ottumwa (3%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 146 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 146 Cincinnati residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cincinnati.

146live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cincinnati goes to work

Centerville7.3 mi away

31%45

Des Moines74.3 mi away

4%6

Ottumwa37.6 mi away

3%5

Corydon22.5 mi away

3%4

Bloomfield27.7 mi away

3%4

Mount Pleasant75.5 mi away

3%4

West Des Moines77.7 mi away

3%4

Waterloo131.9 mi away

3%4

Grimes85.6 mi away

2%3

Cedar Rapids112.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%64

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Cincinnati commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

37%

13%

42%

37%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cincinnati is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.03 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cincinnati are

5 jobs are based in Cincinnati. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cincinnati’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cincinnati

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Cincinnati residents hold

146 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+67%

Jobs based in Cincinnati, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 5. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.