Work & commute · Norwood

Work & commute in Norwood, OH

Most working residents leave Norwood for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (34%), Blue Ash (4%) and West Chester (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

607 of 8,910 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,303 Norwood residents head out of town to work, 607 work right here, and 14,141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norwood.

8,303live here, work elsewhere

607live and work here

14,141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norwood goes to work

Cincinnati3.1 mi away

34%3,068

Norwood (in town)right here

7%607

Blue Ash6.9 mi away

4%394

West Chester12.4 mi away

3%287

Kenwood5.3 mi away

2%172

Deerfield14.2 mi away

2%166

Mason16.2 mi away

2%150

Sharonville8.7 mi away

2%149

Columbus96.8 mi away

2%147

Fairfield12.7 mi away

1%125

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%3,645

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

How far

How far Norwood commutes

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

68%

21%

68%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norwood is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norwood are

14,748 jobs are based in Norwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norwood

14,748 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Norwood residents hold

8,910 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+23%

Jobs based in Norwood, 2013 → 2023: 12,031 → 14,748. 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.