Photo: Nyttend · Public domainThere are 1.8 jobs in Arlington Heights for every working resident, and 773 people commute in
The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S. There are 777 jobs in Arlington Heights, against 423 working residents. Home is the office for 2% of workers, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Arlington Heights
Most Arlington Heights 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 ↓
Arlington Heights is where the jobs are
Arlington Heights has 777 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,200 people are in town, 43% more than the 820 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
66% of the jobs in Arlington Heights are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 423 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Arlington Heights
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Arlington Heights fills up on a workday
On a workday 419 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Arlington Heights on a workday afternoon, 43% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Arlington Heights makes things: 29% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arlington Heights, 2014 → 2024: 987 → 777. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arlington Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Arlington Heights’ workforce comes from
Where Arlington Heights clocks in
19% of workers
6% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Arlington Heights
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arlington Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 437 commuters (the 2% 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.
Next door is work for 19% of Arlington Heights
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Arlington Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington Heights | – | — | — | 26 min | $48,684 |
| Lockland | under 2% | C+ | A | 19 min | $57,969 |
| Reading | under 2% | B− | A− | 18 min | $61,866 |
| Cincinnati | 19% | C− | A+ | 22 min | $52,909 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cincinnati. Darker towns draw more of Arlington Heights’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 2024, 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 Arlington Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Arlington Heights?
$48,684 (±$19,533) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arlington Heights?
17.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arlington Heights?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arlington Heights work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (19%, 6 mi), Fairfield (10%, 9 mi), West Chester Township (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Arlington Heights without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arlington Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arlington Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.