Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Amberley top those of 96% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Amberley is better than 90% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (B). Below the poverty line: 1.7% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. 20% of workers have no commute at all; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Amberley apart on work
Most Amberley residents work close to home
75% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Amberley and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Amberley residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Amberley come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Amberley
72% of Amberley residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 52% of the jobs based in Amberley pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Amberley earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Amberley’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Amberley could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How many miles Amberley commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
38% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Amberley clocks in
38% of workers
6% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Inside Amberley’s 733 jobs
733 jobs are based in Amberley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amberley, 2013 → 2023: 655 → 733. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amberley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Amberley
On a workday 1,493 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 692 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Amberley on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.48 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.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Amberley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amberley workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,441 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Amberley is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,790 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 12% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.4% of Amberley households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Amberley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200, Amberley comes 412th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 410 | Lowesville NC | 3,874 | $114K | 4.1% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| 411 | Ardsley NY | 5,007 | $243K | 4.4% | 5.7% | 5% | A |
| 412 | Amberley OH | 3,841 | $155K | 1.7% | 5.5% | 3% | A |
| 413 | Wilson WI | 3,401 | $105K | 6.1% | 0.6% | 6% | A |
| 414 | Bayview CA | 2,751 | $163K | 9.0% | 9.1% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Amberley, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 38% of Amberley’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amberley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amberley | – | A | B | 20 min | $154,688 |
| Cincinnati | 38% | C− | A+ | 22 min | $52,909 |
| Reading | under 2% | B− | A− | 18 min | $61,866 |
| Ridgewood | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Columbia Township | under 2% | C | A | 20 min | $68,088 |
| Dillonvale | under 2% | A | B− | 18 min | $79,318 |
| Sycamore Township | under 2% | B | B | 21 min | $83,222 |
| Golf Manor | under 2% | B− | B | 18 min | $44,948 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ridgewood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cincinnati. Darker towns draw more of Amberley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Amberley: questions
What is the median household income in Amberley?
$154,688 (±$33,061) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amberley?
1.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amberley?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amberley work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (38%, 6 mi), Blue Ash (6%, 4 mi), Norwood (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amberley walkable?
Amberley is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amberley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amberley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amberley
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.