Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA job hub: Boston Heights has 2.4 jobs per working resident, and 1,571 people come in to work
Jobs and income earn Boston Heights A+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Boston Heights has 1,591 jobs; 669 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Boston Heights apart
Jobs in Boston Heights have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Boston Heights went from 633 in 2013 to 1,591 in 2023, +151%. The jobs ↓
Boston Heights is where the jobs are
Boston Heights has 1,591 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,300 people are in town, 65% more than the 1,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Boston Heights are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. 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; with 669 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Boston Heights
On income, poverty and job access, Boston Heights is better than 98% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Boston Heights’ grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Boston Heights’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Boston Heights could be anywhere from A to A+.
71% of the jobs in Boston Heights pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boston Heights, 2013 → 2023: 633 → 1,591. 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 Boston Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Boston Heights
On a workday 649 residents head out to work and 20 work right here.
About 2,300 people are in Boston Heights on a workday afternoon, 65% more than live here.
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 send workers to Boston Heights
Where Boston Heights clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
The daily trip from Boston Heights: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boston Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 501 commuters (the 22% 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.
How far Boston Heights’ workers travel
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 Boston Heights is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boston Heights is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of 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 644 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 1.3% of Boston Heights households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Boston Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Boston Heights next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 83rd of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | St. Georges DE | 1,530 | $132K | 0.4% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 82 | Rolling Hills CA | 1,641 | $250K | 5.5% | 5.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 83 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 84 | Tatamy PA | 1,389 | $122K | 0.8% | 5.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 85 | Castle Rock Township MN | 1,346 | $133K | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Boston Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Boston Heights and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hudson (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boston Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Heights | – | A+ | C+ | 22 min | $121,250 |
| Northfield Center Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 20 min | $96,607 |
| Hudson | 6% | A+ | B− | 27 min | $171,427 |
| Boston Township | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 25 min | $91,875 |
| Peninsula | 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Peninsula: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Boston 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 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 Boston Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Boston Heights?
$121,250 (±$19,241) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boston Heights?
4.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boston Heights?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boston Heights work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (11%, 12 mi), Cleveland (10%, 18 mi), Hudson (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boston Heights walkable?
Boston Heights is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boston Heights 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 Boston Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boston Heights
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.