Photo: Greg Hume · CC BY-SA 4.0Dent has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 3% stay in Dent for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (31%, 9 miles). 2,693 jobs are based in Dent, and 5,892 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Dent are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Dent apart
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Dent
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dent is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #239 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dent could be anywhere from B to A+.
Where Dent goes to work
Where Dent clocks in
31% 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 many people are in Dent by day
On a workday 5,730 residents head out to work, 162 work right here, and 2,531 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,800 people are in Dent on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
The kinds of work in Dent
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dent, 2013 → 2023: 2,132 → 2,693. 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 Dent’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dent’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dent workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,569 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.
The distance from Dent 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.
Getting around Dent: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dent is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #769 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 5,243 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). 4.1% of Dent households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dent’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dent is 752nd of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 750 | Maywood NJ | 10,166 | $118K | 3.9% | 8.1% | 4% | A− |
| 751 | Pawling NY | 8,316 | $121K | 4.0% | 3.7% | 18% | A− |
| 752 | Dent OH | 11,973 | $87K | 4.3% | 3.9% | 3% | A− |
| 753 | Savoy IL | 9,113 | $92K | 7.9% | 1.4% | 3% | A− |
| 754 | Sugar Grove IL | 9,381 | $121K | 4.7% | 5.3% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Dent, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Dent
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dent workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dent | – | A− | C− | 24 min | $86,636 |
| Mack | under 2% | A | C− | 26 min | $121,609 |
| Monfort Heights | under 2% | A | B | 25 min | $88,457 |
| Bridgetown | 3% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $80,564 |
| Miami Township | under 2% | B | C− | 28 min | $99,375 |
| Colerain Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $73,103 |
| Grandview | under 2% | A− | D− | 26 min | $104,750 |
| Taylor Creek | under 2% | A | D | 23 min | $99,323 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bridgetown. Darker towns draw more of Dent’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 Dent: questions
What is the median household income in Dent?
$86,636 (±$6,352) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dent?
4.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dent?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dent work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (31%, 9 mi), Blue Ash (3%, 15 mi), Bridgetown (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dent walkable?
Dent is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dent without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dent, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dent
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.