Work & commute · Forest Park

Work & commute in Forest Park, OH

Most working residents leave Forest Park for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (21%), Fairfield (7%) and West Chester (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

316 of 8,544 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,228 Forest Park residents head out of town to work, 316 work right here, and 7,830 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forest Park.

8,228live here, work elsewhere

316live and work here

7,830work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forest Park goes to work

Cincinnati10.2 mi away

21%1,792

Fairfield3.2 mi away

7%603

West Chester6.8 mi away

6%532

Springdale2.7 mi away

5%412

Blue Ash8 mi away

4%358

Sharonville6.4 mi away

4%321

Forest Park (in town)right here

4%316

Mason13.3 mi away

2%210

Hamilton7.8 mi away

2%187

Deerfield12.4 mi away

2%159

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,654

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

How far

How far Forest Park commutes

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

55%

32%

10%

55%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forest Park is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Forest Park are

8,146 jobs are based in Forest Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Forest Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Forest Park

8,146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Forest Park residents hold

8,544 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−11%

Jobs based in Forest Park, 2013 → 2023: 9,152 → 8,146. 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.