Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Deerfield Township top those of 90% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers; Ohio has 13%. Below the poverty line: 4.9% of residents, next to 13.3% across Ohio. The two grades for Deerfield Township are 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
Where Deerfield Township stands out on work
Deerfield Township trades workers with the towns around it
Deerfield Township has about as many jobs (20,856) as working residents (18,571), but they are mostly different people: 17,087 residents leave for work each day while 19,372 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Deerfield Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Deerfield Township draws workers from far and wide
The 20,856 jobs in Deerfield Township are filled from a wide area. Deerfield Township’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 66% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Deerfield Township
24% of Deerfield Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
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.
How Deerfield Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Deerfield Township is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #75 of 992 in Ohio. Household income is its strongest input ($125,191, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Deerfield Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 17,087 residents head out to work, 1,484 work right here, and 19,372 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Deerfield Township clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
Deerfield Township’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deerfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17,327 commuters (the 24% 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 20,856 jobs based in Deerfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deerfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 19,727 → 20,856. 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 Deerfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Deerfield Township
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.
Deerfield Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Deerfield Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #329 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% 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 22,812 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 30% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 1.9% of Deerfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Deerfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Deerfield Township ranks: 75th of 985 U.S. towns of 31,000 to 59,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 4 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Dublin OH | 49,094 | $160K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Wauwatosa WI | 48,649 | $101K | 5.8% | 2.1% | 17% | A |
| 74 | Bloomfield Township MI | 43,904 | $163K | 4.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
| 75 | Deerfield Township OH | 43,979 | $125K | 4.9% | 2.7% | 8% | A |
| 76 | Tewksbury MA | 31,901 | $128K | 3.4% | 3.7% | 9% | A |
| 77 | Linton Hall VA | 41,876 | $179K | 2.2% | 3.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 985 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Deerfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Deerfield Township and its neighbors: 19% work next door
The biggest share goes to Mason (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deerfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Township | – | A | B | 23 min | $125,191 |
| Mason | 11% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $125,401 |
| Hamilton Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 26 min | $119,478 |
| South Lebanon | under 2% | B | C− | 31 min | $104,511 |
| West Chester Township | 5% | A− | C | 23 min | $109,979 |
| Symmes Township | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 23 min | $157,136 |
| Highpoint | under 2% | B− | C | 23 min | $47,283 |
| Sharonville | 3% | A− | B+ | 17 min | $74,649 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Deerfield Township’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 Deerfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Deerfield Township?
$125,191 (±$8,131) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deerfield Township?
4.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deerfield Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deerfield Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (12%, 17 mi), Mason (11%, 2 mi), Blue Ash (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Deerfield Township walkable?
Deerfield Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deerfield Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deerfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deerfield Township
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.