More people are out of work in Day Heights (12.3%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
Hardly any stay in Day Heights for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (19%, 15 miles). Day Heights grades B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. The poverty rate is 2.0%; Ohio has 13.3%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Day Heights stands out on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Day Heights
68% of Day Heights residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in Day Heights pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 100% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Day Heights pay little
31% of the jobs based in Day Heights pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 33% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Day Heights is a place people come home to
There are 353 jobs based in Day Heights, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Day Heights has about 1,500 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What’s behind Day Heights’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Day Heights is better than 70% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Day Heights’ grade up; unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Day Heights could be anywhere from B− to A.
What the 353 jobs in Day Heights are
353 jobs are based in Day Heights.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Day Heights, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 353. 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 Day Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Day Heights, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,314 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 347 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Day Heights on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.27 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.
Where Day Heights goes to work
Where Day Heights clocks in
19% 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.
The daily trip from Day Heights: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Day Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,013 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.
How far Day Heights goes to work
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 of Day Heights commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Day Heights is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Day 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 1,170 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). 0.8% of Day Heights households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Day Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Day Heights next to U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300: 1,266th of 5,207 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,264 | Tully NY | 2,618 | $109K | 9.9% | 3.4% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,265 | Byron NY | 2,276 | $99K | 5.4% | 4.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,266 | Day Heights OH | 2,457 | $94K | 2.0% | 12.3% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,267 | Good Hope AL | 2,682 | $94K | 10.9% | 2.2% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,268 | Montague MI | 2,424 | $67K | 4.8% | 0.2% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Day Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Day Heights and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Day Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day Heights | – | B+ | B− | 25 min | $94,138 |
| Mount Repose | under 3% | A | A− | 23 min | $102,031 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Day 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 Day Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Day Heights?
$94,138 (±$38,294) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Day Heights?
2.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Day Heights?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Day Heights work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (19%, 15 mi), Miami Township (7%, 2 mi), Blue Ash (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Day Heights walkable?
Day Heights is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Day 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 Day Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Day 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.