Work & commute · Northbrook

Work & commute in Northbrook, OH

Most working residents leave Northbrook for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (24%), West Chester (5%) and Blue Ash (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 4,918 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 4,851 Northbrook residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 1,599 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northbrook.

4,851live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

1,599work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northbrook goes to work

Cincinnati8.4 mi away

24%1,200

West Chester10.7 mi away

5%233

Blue Ash10.3 mi away

4%205

Sharonville9.5 mi away

3%167

Fairfield6.2 mi away

3%162

Springdale6.3 mi away

2%107

Deerfield15.9 mi away

2%99

Mason17.1 mi away

2%98

Forest Park4 mi away

2%88

Northgate0.8 mi away

2%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,472

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

How far

How far Northbrook commutes

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

51%

37%

10%

51%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northbrook is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northbrook are

1,666 jobs are based in Northbrook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northbrook

1,666 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Northbrook residents hold

4,918 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+18%

Jobs based in Northbrook, 2013 → 2023: 1,413 → 1,666. 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.