Households in Blue Jay have higher incomes than those in 87% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Blue Jay A; getting around on foot earns it C+. Poverty touches 8.2% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. Hardly any stay in Blue Jay for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (25%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Blue Jay
Blue Jay makes and builds things
59% of the jobs based in Blue Jay are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Blue Jay residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Blue Jay has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Blue Jay went from 321 in 2013 to 462 in 2023, +44%. The jobs ↓
Blue Jay workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 725 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Blue Jay’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Blue Jay is better than 86% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($117,859, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Blue Jay’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Blue Jay could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
59% of the jobs in Blue Jay make or build things
462 jobs are based in Blue Jay.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blue Jay, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 462. 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 Blue Jay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Blue Jay: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blue Jay workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 662 commuters (the 13% 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.
Who leaves Blue Jay for work, and who comes in
On a workday 720 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 457 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Blue Jay on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.64 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.
The towns that employ Blue Jay’s residents
Where Blue Jay clocks in
25% 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 far it is to work from Blue Jay
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.
Driving is how Blue Jay gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blue Jay is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 764 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Blue Jay households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Blue Jay’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Blue Jay is 461st among 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 459 | Superior WI | 2,295 | $118K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| 460 | Medary WI | 1,563 | $105K | 3.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A |
| 461 | Blue Jay OH | 1,797 | $118K | 8.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 462 | Dovre Township MN | 2,173 | $129K | 6.2% | 0.4% | 2% | A |
| 463 | Scott Township PA | 2,133 | $84K | 2.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Blue Jay, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Blue Jay
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blue Jay workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Jay | – | A | C+ | 28 min | $117,859 |
| Crosby Township | under 2% | A | D | 28 min | $123,750 |
| Miamitown | under 2% | B | D | 32 min | $65,395 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blue Jay’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 Blue Jay: questions
What is the median household income in Blue Jay?
$117,859 (±$51,068) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blue Jay?
8.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blue Jay?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blue Jay work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (25%, 14 mi), Harrison (7%, 3 mi), West Chester Township (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Blue Jay walkable?
Blue Jay is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blue Jay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blue Jay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blue Jay
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.