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Work & commute in Loveland · A commuter town

96% of Loveland’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Loveland for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (19%), Blue Ash (6%) and Mason (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Work in town
4%
245 of 5,743 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
26 min
More than OH (23 min)
Work from home
17%
More than OH (13%)
Jobs based here
4,212
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Loveland?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

19% of working residents work in Cincinnati

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Montgomery: 152 residents work here (3%)LovelandBlue Ash: 347 residents work here (6%)Sharonville: 155 residents work here (3%)FairfieldMason: 304 residents work here (5%)Cincinnati: 1,106 residents work here (19%)HamiltonMiami: 134 residents work here (2%)Deerfield: 229 residents work here (4%)West Chester: 221 residents work here (4%)Symmes: 159 residents work here (3%)GoshenLoveland ParkCincinnatiBlue AshMasonDeerfieldWest ChesterSymmesLoveland
1
Cincinnati15.5 mi away
19%1,106
2
Blue Ash6.5 mi away
6%347
3
Mason6.6 mi away
5%304
4
Loveland (in town)right here
4%245
5
Deerfield4.5 mi away
4%229
6
West Chester9.3 mi away
4%221
7
Symmes2 mi away
3%159
8
Sharonville7.5 mi away
3%155
9
Montgomery4.4 mi away
3%152
10
Miami4.9 mi away
2%134
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%2,691
The top trips

Where Loveland clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

The jobs

What the 4,212 jobs in Loveland are

4,212 jobs are based in Loveland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Loveland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in LovelandJobs Loveland residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms9%13%
Trade, transport & utilities31%20%
Services: health, schools, offices60%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%19%
Over $3,333 a month52%68%

Who does it

29 or younger26%21%
30 to 5447%52%
55 and older27%26%
+16%

Jobs based in Loveland, 2013 → 2023: 3,638 → 4,212. 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.

Day and night

Loveland quiets down on a workday

On a workday 5,498 residents head out to work, 245 work right here, and 3,967 people come in from elsewhere.

5,498live here, work elsewhere
245live and work here
3,967work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night13,000
Workday12,000
13,000live here− 5,500head out to work+ 4,000come in to work= 12,000on a workday

About 12,000 people are in Loveland on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.73jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Loveland commutes less than 11 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miCincinnati: 19% · 15.5 miBlue Ash: 6% · 6.5 miMason: 5% · 6.6 miDeerfield: 4% · 4.5 miWest Chester: 4% · 9.3 miSymmes: 3% · 2 miSharonville: 3% · 7.5 miMontgomery: 3% · 4.4 miMiami: 2% · 4.9 miCincinnati 19%Blue Ash 6%Mason 5%Deerfield 4%West Chester 4%Loveland
LovelandTop destinations (size = commuters)
47%Under 10 mi2,692 residents
38%10–24 mi2,180 residents
4%25–50 mi255 residents
10%Over 50 mi551 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
199 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Loveland26 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
17%

of Loveland workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10

How Loveland ranks on commute time →

Next door

Loveland and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Symmes (3%). Darker towns draw more of Loveland’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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