Fruit Hill has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Fruit Hill report 579 jobs, against 1,696 working residents. The two grades for Fruit Hill are A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Fruit Hill is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Fruit Hill, in brief
A lot of Fruit Hill works one town over
36% of working residents work in a town that borders Fruit Hill: Cincinnati (33%) and Forestville (3%). Next door ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Fruit Hill’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 25 minutes, longer than the Ohio average of 23. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Fruit Hill
69% of Fruit Hill residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Fruit Hill pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Fruit Hill are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of Fruit Hill’s own working residents. 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.
Why Fruit Hill gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fruit Hill is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #276 of 992 in Ohio. Household income is its strongest input ($107,254, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fruit Hill could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Getting to work from Fruit Hill takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fruit Hill workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,632 commuters (the 20% 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.
In Fruit Hill, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fruit Hill, 2013 → 2023: 726 → 579. 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 Fruit Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fruit Hill by day and by night
On a workday 1,676 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 559 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Fruit Hill 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.
33% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Fruit Hill clocks in
33% 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.
Where in the region Fruit Hill 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.
For most of Fruit Hill, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fruit Hill is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #200 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% 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 2,050 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 28% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 82% 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). 0.0% of Fruit Hill households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fruit Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Fruit Hill is 862nd of 4,195 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 860 | Fillmore Township MI | 2,934 | $90K | 3.4% | 4.5% | 6% | A− |
| 861 | Washington Township PA | 3,175 | $89K | 3.5% | 1.7% | 6% | A− |
| 862 | Fruit Hill OH | 4,200 | $107K | 6.8% | 4.0% | 1% | A− |
| 863 | Metzger OR | 3,714 | $91K | 7.6% | 3.8% | 1% | A− |
| 864 | Margate City NJ | 5,194 | $122K | 6.3% | 4.1% | 14% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,195 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Fruit Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 36% of Fruit Hill’s workers
The biggest share goes to Cincinnati (33%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fruit Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit Hill | – | A− | B+ | 25 min | $107,254 |
| Salem Heights | under 2% | A | A | 21 min | $93,700 |
| Sherwood | under 2% | A+ | B | 22 min | $125,729 |
| Forestville | 3% | A− | A− | 24 min | $98,115 |
| Cincinnati | 33% | C− | A+ | 22 min | $52,909 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fruit Hill’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 Fruit Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Fruit Hill?
$107,254 (±$33,647) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fruit Hill?
6.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fruit Hill?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fruit Hill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (33%, 9 mi), Blue Ash (5%, 12 mi), Forestville (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fruit Hill walkable?
Fruit Hill is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fruit Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 28% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fruit Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fruit Hill
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.