Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Evendale have higher incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
1.5% of residents are in poverty; Ohio has 13.3%. The two grades for Evendale are A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 21% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Evendale and work: the main findings
Evendale fills up on a workday
Evendale has 10,650 jobs, 8.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 12,000 people are in town, 5 times the 2,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Evendale makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Evendale are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Evendale residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Evendale pay over $40,000 a year
81% of the jobs based in Evendale pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Evendale draws workers from far and wide
The 10,650 jobs in Evendale are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 32%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Most Evendale residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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.
Evendale’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Evendale is among the top U.S. towns, #13 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Evendale’s grade. 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, Evendale could be anywhere from A to A+.
How many people are in Evendale by day
On a workday 1,205 residents head out to work, 81 work right here, and 10,569 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Evendale on a workday afternoon, 352% more than live here.
8.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Goods, not services: 57% of the jobs in Evendale
10,650 jobs are based in Evendale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Evendale, 2013 → 2023: 10,073 → 10,650. 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 Evendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Evendale live
Where Evendale clocks in
24% of workers
9% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Evendale
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.
How long Evendale spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Evendale workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 839 commuters (the 21% 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.
For most of Evendale, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Evendale is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #429 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Evendale 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 1,066 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% 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 3.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 1.2% of Evendale households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Evendale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600, Evendale ranks 40th of 4,797 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Split Rock Township SD | 3,086 | $148K | 0.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 39 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 41 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| 42 | Trenton Township OH | 2,538 | $137K | 1.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Five Points OH | 2,031 | $144K | 1.9% | 4.4% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Evendale, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 16% of Evendale’s workers
The biggest share goes to Blue Ash (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Evendale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evendale | – | A+ | B− | 20 min | $148,500 |
| Sharonville | 5% | A− | B+ | 17 min | $74,649 |
| Reading | 2% | B− | A− | 18 min | $61,866 |
| Lincoln Heights | under 2% | D | B | 20 min | $26,860 |
| Lockland | under 2% | C+ | A | 19 min | $57,969 |
| Blue Ash | 9% | A+ | B | 20 min | $115,313 |
| Glendale | under 2% | A− | A− | 24 min | $111,932 |
| Woodlawn | under 2% | B− | B− | 19 min | $74,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Evendale’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 Evendale: questions
What is the median household income in Evendale?
$148,500 (±$18,808) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Evendale?
1.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Evendale?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Evendale work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (24%, 9 mi), Blue Ash (9%, 2 mi), Sharonville (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Evendale walkable?
Evendale is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Evendale 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 Evendale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Evendale
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.