Household incomes in Finneytown top those of 60% of U.S. towns
8.9% of residents live below the poverty line, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Jobs and income earn Finneytown B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. The average commute, 24 minutes each way, matches the Ohio norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Finneytown, in brief
Finneytown has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Finneytown went from 2,375 in 2013 to 4,371 in 2023, +84%. The jobs ↓
Most Finneytown residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Finneytown and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Finneytown residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Finneytown come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Finneytown
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Finneytown is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #414 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Finneytown’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Finneytown could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The kinds of work in Finneytown
4,371 jobs are based in Finneytown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Finneytown, 2013 → 2023: 2,375 → 4,371. 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 Finneytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Finneytown
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.
33% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Finneytown 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.
The daily commute in and out of Finneytown
On a workday 5,566 residents head out to work, 131 work right here, and 4,240 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Finneytown on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Finneytown: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Finneytown workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,886 commuters (the 18% 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.
Few in Finneytown walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Finneytown is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #384 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 5,925 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 80% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% 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). 5.6% of Finneytown households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Finneytown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Finneytown is 1,076th among 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | 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 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,074 | Iona FL | 13,631 | $67K | 8.2% | 2.0% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,075 | Overlea MD | 13,035 | $89K | 9.1% | 5.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,076 | Finneytown OH | 12,506 | $83K | 8.9% | 4.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,077 | Airmont NY | 10,634 | $95K | 12.5% | 5.1% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,078 | Lloyd NY | 11,143 | $92K | 5.4% | 5.7% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Finneytown, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Finneytown and its neighbors: 33% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Finneytown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finneytown | – | B+ | B− | 24 min | $83,424 |
| Cincinnati | 33% | C− | A+ | 22 min | $52,909 |
| Wyoming | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $165,188 |
| Pleasant Hills | under 2% | A− | B+ | 33 min | $68,560 |
| Mount Healthy | under 2% | C | A− | 25 min | $54,565 |
| North College Hill | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 26 min | $64,655 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cincinnati. Darker towns draw more of Finneytown’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 Finneytown: questions
What is the median household income in Finneytown?
$83,424 (±$11,007) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Finneytown?
8.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Finneytown?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Finneytown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (33%, 5 mi), Blue Ash (4%, 7 mi), West Chester Township (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Finneytown walkable?
Finneytown is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 10.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Finneytown without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Finneytown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Finneytown
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.