Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Bainbridge top those of 94% of U.S. towns
28% of workers have no commute at all, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Below the poverty line: 3.0% of residents, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. The two grades for Bainbridge are A for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Bainbridge
Bainbridge trades workers with the towns around it
Bainbridge has about as many jobs (3,173) as working residents (3,696), but they are mostly different people: 3,515 residents leave for work each day while 2,992 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Bainbridge are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Bainbridge
28% of Bainbridge workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bainbridge
71% of Bainbridge residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in Bainbridge pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% 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.
Why Bainbridge gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income is its strongest input ($144,167, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bainbridge could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who commutes out of Bainbridge, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,515 residents head out to work, 181 work right here, and 2,992 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
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 25 minutes in Bainbridge
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bainbridge workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,141 commuters (the 28% 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.
What work there is in Bainbridge: 3,173 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bainbridge, 2013 → 2023: 3,064 → 3,173. 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 Bainbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
18% of working residents work in Cleveland
Where Bainbridge clocks in
18% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
How many miles Bainbridge 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.
The commute in Bainbridge is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bainbridge is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #656 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,380 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.0% of Bainbridge households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bainbridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,600, Bainbridge ranks 258th of 2,944 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 256 | Madison Township IN | 10,486 | $96K | 4.2% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| 257 | Hellam Township PA | 6,007 | $95K | 4.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A |
| 258 | Bainbridge OH | 8,623 | $144K | 3.0% | 3.5% | 5% | A |
| 259 | Eudora Township KS | 7,870 | $119K | 4.6% | 2.3% | 11% | A |
| 260 | Courtland Township MI | 9,321 | $107K | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,944 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Bainbridge, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bainbridge and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Aurora (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bainbridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge | – | A | C | 25 min | $144,167 |
| South Russell | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 28 min | $171,875 |
| Aurora | 2% | A | B− | 28 min | $127,886 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bainbridge’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 Bainbridge: questions
What is the median household income in Bainbridge?
$144,167 (±$18,852) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bainbridge?
3.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bainbridge?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bainbridge work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (18%, 18 mi), Solon (7%, 5 mi), Bainbridge Township (4%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bainbridge walkable?
Bainbridge is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bainbridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bainbridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bainbridge
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.