Work & commute · Reading

Work & commute in Reading, OH

Most working residents leave Reading for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (22%), Blue Ash (7%) and West Chester (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

262 of 5,330 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,068 Reading residents head out of town to work, 262 work right here, and 4,259 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reading.

5,068live here, work elsewhere

262live and work here

4,259work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reading goes to work

Cincinnati7 mi away

22%1,152

Blue Ash2.9 mi away

7%394

Reading (in town)right here

5%262

West Chester7.9 mi away

5%251

Sharonville4.1 mi away

4%211

Mason12 mi away

3%150

Evendale1.9 mi away

2%129

Deerfield10.1 mi away

2%124

Kenwood3.3 mi away

2%115

Fairfield9.4 mi away

2%106

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,436

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

How far

How far Reading commutes

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

71%

17%

71%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reading is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Reading are

4,521 jobs are based in Reading. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Reading’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Reading

4,521 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Reading residents hold

5,330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−13%

Jobs based in Reading, 2013 → 2023: 5,183 → 4,521. 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.