Photo: Public domain · Public domainMost of Cleves commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% stay in Cleves for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (30%, 13 miles). 613 jobs are based in Cleves, and 1,552 of its residents work somewhere. Cleves grades C+ 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
Work in Cleves: the figures worth knowing
Cleves has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Cleves went from 349 in 2013 to 613 in 2023, +76%. The jobs ↓
Cleves workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
30% of Cleves works in Cincinnati
459 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Cincinnati, 13 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Cleves itself. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Cleves
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cleves is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #708 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Cleves’ grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cleves could be anywhere from C− to A.
Jobs in Cleves: what the 613 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cleves, 2013 → 2023: 349 → 613. 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 Cleves’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cleves workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,413 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where Cleves’ working residents head each day
Where Cleves clocks in
30% 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.
Who leaves Cleves for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,499 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 560 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Cleves on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer 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.
Where in the region Cleves works
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.
Most trips from Cleves start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cleves is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #456 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Cleves 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 1,552 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 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 2.6% of Cleves households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cleves’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Cleves is 2,581st among 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,579 | Carroll NY | 3,389 | $77K | 6.5% | 6.2% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,580 | Madison Township OH | 2,526 | $57K | 14.0% | 2.3% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,581 | Cleves OH | 3,391 | $77K | 13.7% | 6.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,582 | Cimarron Township KS | 2,407 | $82K | 14.2% | 3.0% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,583 | Green Township OH | 3,795 | $64K | 13.9% | 2.8% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Cleves, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Cleves and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cleves workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleves | – | C+ | B− | 31 min | $77,188 |
| Miami Heights | under 2% | A+ | C− | 29 min | $118,125 |
| North Bend | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Grandview | under 2% | A− | D− | 26 min | $104,750 |
| Miami Township | under 2% | B | C− | 28 min | $99,375 |
| Shawnee | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Whitewater Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 27 min | $61,538 |
Same-state neighbors only. North Bend: not graded. Shawnee: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cleves’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 Cleves: questions
What is the median household income in Cleves?
$77,188 (±$14,243) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cleves?
13.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cleves?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cleves work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (30%, 13 mi), Blue Ash (3%, 20 mi), Delhi Township (2%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cleves walkable?
Cleves is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cleves without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cleves, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cleves
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.