Delshire has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
3% of workers work from home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. 225 jobs are based in Delshire, and 1,553 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Delshire is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Delshire, in brief
Delshire is a place people come home to
There are 225 jobs based in Delshire, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Delshire has about 2,600 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Delshire and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Delshire residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Delshire come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Delshire’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 25 minutes, longer than the Ohio average of 23. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Delshire than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Delshire fell from 315 in 2013 to 225 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Delshire workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Delshire
Job access by car holds Delshire’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.7%, 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, Delshire could be anywhere from C− to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Delshire
On a workday 1,539 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Delshire on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
33% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Delshire clocks in
33% 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.
From Delshire, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delshire workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,710 commuters (the 3% 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.
In Delshire, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delshire, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 225. 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 Delshire’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Delshire 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 Delshire start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 1,764 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 60% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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). 0.7% of Delshire households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Delshire’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Delshire is 2,532nd among 4,364 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 52 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,530 | Chester VT | 2,955 | $62K | 7.0% | 2.8% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,531 | Meiners Oaks CA | 3,934 | $70K | 14.6% | 2.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,532 | Delshire OH | 3,907 | $91K | 17.4% | 7.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,533 | Ludlow KY | 4,391 | $65K | 24.4% | 4.2% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,534 | Greenfield Township PA | 3,688 | $61K | 14.3% | 2.3% | 22% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,364 | 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 Delshire, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 33% of Delshire’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delshire workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delshire | – | C+ | B | 25 min | $91,372 |
| Cincinnati | 33% | C− | A+ | 22 min | $52,909 |
| Delhi Hills | under 2% | A | B+ | 23 min | $99,049 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cincinnati. Darker towns draw more of Delshire’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 Delshire: questions
What is the median household income in Delshire?
$91,372 (±$18,906) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delshire?
17.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delshire?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delshire work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (33%, 6 mi), Delhi Township (5%, 2 mi), Blue Ash (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Delshire walkable?
Delshire is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Delshire without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 60% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delshire, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delshire
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.