Work & commute · Blue Jay

Work & commute in Blue Jay, OH

Most working residents leave Blue Jay for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (25%), Harrison (7%) and West Chester (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 725 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 720 Blue Jay residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 457 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Jay.

720live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

457work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue Jay goes to work

Cincinnati14.4 mi away

25%183

Harrison2.6 mi away

7%50

West Chester18.8 mi away

4%30

Fairfield12.5 mi away

3%23

Blue Ash19.1 mi away

3%21

Sharonville18.2 mi away

2%16

Hamilton14.4 mi away

2%13

Whitewater2.7 mi away

2%12

Columbus106.9 mi away

2%11

Harrison2.9 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%355

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

How far

How far Blue Jay commutes

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

26%

61%

26%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Jay is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue Jay are

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

Jobs based in Blue Jay

462 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Blue Jay residents hold

725 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+44%

Jobs based in Blue Jay, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 462. 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.