Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Felicity at work: jobs, income and the commute
The trip to work takes 35 minutes on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. Only 3% stay in Felicity for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (9%, 30 miles). Employers in Felicity report 175 jobs for 287 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Felicity apart
Felicity’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Felicity is Cincinnati, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (27) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Felicity workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 287 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Short hops and long hauls from Felicity
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
From Felicity, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Felicity workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 130 commuters (the 8% 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.
A workday in Felicity: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 277 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Felicity on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
The towns that employ Felicity’s residents
Where Felicity clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Felicity
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Felicity, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 175. 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 Felicity’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Felicity: questions
What is the median household income in Felicity?
$36,786 (±$9,777) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Felicity?
29.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Felicity?
35 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Felicity work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (9%, 30 mi), Blue Ash (6%, 32 mi), West Chester Township (4%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Felicity without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Felicity, from the people who make the trip.
More of Felicity
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.