Work & commute · Cincinnati

Work & commute in Cincinnati, OH

40% of Cincinnati’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Blue Ash (3%), West Chester (2%) and Norwood (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

51,174 of 126,817 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 75,643 Cincinnati residents head out of town to work, 51,174 work right here, and 173,527 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cincinnati.

75,643live here, work elsewhere

51,174live and work here

173,527work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cincinnati goes to work

Cincinnati (in town)right here

40%51,174

Blue Ash9.7 mi away

3%4,399

West Chester14.5 mi away

2%2,588

Norwood3.1 mi away

2%2,519

Sharonville11 mi away

2%2,398

Columbus99.8 mi away

2%2,358

Kenwood8.4 mi away

2%1,987

Mason18.9 mi away

1%1,697

Fairfield13.4 mi away

1%1,654

Florence, KY12.7 mi away

1%1,599

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%54,444

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.

65%

22%

11%

65%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cincinnati is a job hub

1.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cincinnati are

224,701 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

224,701 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Cincinnati residents hold

126,817 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+16%

Jobs based in Cincinnati, 2013 → 2023: 193,879 → 224,701. 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.