Photo: SilentMatt Psychedelic · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Brooklyn Heights has 5.2 jobs per working resident, and 4,036 people come in to work
20% of workers have no commute at all, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Employers in Brooklyn Heights report 4,068 jobs; 778 of its residents have a job. Brooklyn Heights grades A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Brooklyn Heights, in brief
Brooklyn Heights fills up on a workday
Brooklyn Heights has 4,068 jobs, 5.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,800 people are in town, 3 times the 1,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Brooklyn Heights works one town over
36% of working residents work in a town that borders Brooklyn Heights: Cleveland (29%), Independence (5%) and Cuyahoga Heights (2%). Next door ↓
Most Brooklyn Heights residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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 778 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Brooklyn Heights’ Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Brooklyn Heights is better than 96% of U.S. towns. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($96,786, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Brooklyn 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, Brooklyn Heights could be anywhere from A to A+.
How a workday changes Brooklyn Heights
On a workday 746 residents head out to work and 32 work right here.
About 4,800 people are in Brooklyn Heights on a workday afternoon, 224% 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.
Brooklyn Heights’ commute, mile by mile
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 towns that send workers to Brooklyn Heights
Where Brooklyn Heights clocks in
29% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Brooklyn Heights works in goods: 29% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brooklyn Heights, 2013 → 2023: 3,561 → 4,068. 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 Brooklyn Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way for Brooklyn Heights’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brooklyn Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 586 commuters (the 20% 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.
Most trips from Brooklyn Heights start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brooklyn Heights is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% 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 737 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 2% 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% 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). 1.2% of Brooklyn Heights households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Brooklyn Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
134th of 6,308: where Brooklyn Heights ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 31 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Money Creek Township IL | 1,045 | $191K | 0.0% | 3.9% | 1% | A+ |
| 133 | Heritage Creek KY | 1,244 | $100K | 2.4% | 1.6% | <1% | A+ |
| 134 | Brooklyn Heights OH | 1,471 | $97K | 3.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 135 | Roxbury WI | 1,796 | $132K | 2.7% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 136 | Cavalero WA | 1,591 | $148K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Brooklyn Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 36% of Brooklyn Heights’ workers
The biggest share goes to Cleveland (29%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brooklyn Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Heights | – | A+ | B− | 17 min | $96,786 |
| Cuyahoga Heights | 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Seven Hills | under 2% | A | B− | 23 min | $97,222 |
| Independence | 5% | A+ | B− | 23 min | $115,733 |
| Cleveland | 29% | C− | A+ | 23 min | $40,801 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cuyahoga Heights: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Brooklyn Heights?
$96,786 (±$8,731) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brooklyn Heights?
3.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brooklyn Heights?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brooklyn Heights work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (29%, 4 mi), Parma (5%, 4 mi), Independence (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brooklyn Heights walkable?
Brooklyn Heights is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brooklyn Heights without a car?
1% 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 Brooklyn Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brooklyn 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.