Photo: Nyttend · Public domainChampion Heights has higher unemployment (6.2%) than 76% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Champion Heights C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 7% stay in Champion Heights for work; outside it, Warren is the main destination (12%, 5 miles). The average commute takes 30 minutes each way, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Champion Heights: the gist
Champion Heights workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Champion Heights
59% of Champion Heights residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Champion Heights pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Champion Heights pay little
27% of the jobs based in Champion Heights pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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.
The four measures behind Champion Heights’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Champion Heights is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #746 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Champion Heights’ grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Champion Heights could be anywhere from C− to B+.
From Champion Heights, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Champion Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,575 commuters (the 15% 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.
The 1,593 jobs based in Champion Heights
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Champion Heights, 2014 → 2024: 1,449 → 1,593. 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 Champion Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Champion Heights by day and by night
On a workday 2,433 residents head out to work, 178 work right here, and 1,415 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,400 people are in Champion Heights on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.61 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Champion Heights goes to work
Where Champion Heights clocks in
12% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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 Champion Heights goes to work
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.
Champion Heights is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Champion Heights is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #565 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Champion Heights near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,018 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). 6.7% of Champion Heights households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Champion Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Champion Heights ranks: 2,195th of 3,255 U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,600
| # | 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,193 | Lincoln AL | 8,110 | $57K | 15.6% | 3.5% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,194 | Union Township OH | 8,028 | $58K | 12.1% | 2.2% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,195 | Champion Heights OH | 6,380 | $68K | 12.2% | 6.2% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,196 | La Grange TX | 4,509 | $54K | 10.9% | 2.4% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,197 | Naples Manor FL | 5,501 | $65K | 23.5% | 3.4% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,255 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Champion Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Champion Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Champion Heights?
$67,940 (±$8,736) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Champion Heights?
12.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Champion Heights?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Champion Heights work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warren (12%, 5 mi), Youngstown (5%, 18 mi), Niles (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Champion Heights walkable?
Champion Heights is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Champion Heights without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Champion Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Champion 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. 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.