Dry Run has higher household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 23% of workers (Ohio 13%). 1.4% of residents are in poverty (Ohio 13.3%). Jobs and income earn Dry Run A+; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Dry Run stands out on work
Dry Run is a place people come home to
There are 527 jobs based in Dry Run, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dry Run has about 4,800 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Dry Run and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Dry Run residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Dry Run come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Dry Run works from home
23% of Dry Run workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Dry Run has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Dry Run went from 379 in 2013 to 527 in 2023, +39%. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Dry Run’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dry Run is among the top U.S. towns, #17 of 992 in Ohio. Household income is its strongest input ($200,530, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dry Run stays A+.
Dry Run quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,369 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 487 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Dry Run on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.15 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.
33% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Dry Run clocks in
33% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
About 25 minutes each way for Dry Run’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dry Run workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,995 commuters (the 23% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Dry Run
527 jobs are based in Dry Run.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dry Run, 2013 → 2023: 379 → 527. 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 Dry Run’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Dry Run 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.
The commute in Dry Run is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dry Run is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #662 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Dry Run 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 3,873 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 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% 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). 0.3% of Dry Run households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Dry Run’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,051 U.S. towns of 5,400 to 10,400, Dry Run comes 55th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 26 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Sugarcreek Township OH | 9,912 | $186K | 3.7% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 54 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 55 | Dry Run OH | 7,687 | $201K | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 56 | Park Ridge NJ | 9,571 | $171K | 1.5% | 3.2% | 6% | A+ |
| 57 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,051 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Dry Run, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Dry Run and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Forestville (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dry Run workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Run | – | A+ | C | 25 min | $200,530 |
| Newtown | 2% | A | B− | 21 min | $99,434 |
| Turpin Hills | under 2% | A | B | 25 min | $141,346 |
| Forestville | 3% | A− | A− | 24 min | $98,115 |
| Cherry Grove | under 2% | A | B− | 26 min | $117,994 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dry Run’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 Dry Run: questions
What is the median household income in Dry Run?
$200,530 (±$19,080) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dry Run?
1.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dry Run?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dry Run work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (33%, 10 mi), Blue Ash (4%, 10 mi), Union Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dry Run walkable?
Dry Run is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dry Run without a car?
1% 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 Dry Run, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dry Run
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.