Photo: Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Grandview Heights (1.2%) is lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Grandview Heights is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Grandview Heights is better than 98% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (A−). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 4.6 in Columbus.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Grandview Heights, in brief
More than half of Grandview Heights works in Columbus
2,850 working residents, 61%, have their main job in Columbus, 2.9 miles away. That’s 20 times as many as work in Grandview Heights itself. The commute map ↓
Most Grandview Heights residents work close to home
73% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Grandview Heights
25% of Grandview Heights workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Three in four Grandview Heights workers earn over $40,000 a year
79% of Grandview Heights’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Grandview Heights gains people on a workday
About 11,000 people are in Grandview Heights on a workday afternoon, 25% more than the 9,100 who live here: 6,800 come in to work and 4,500 head out. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Grandview Heights’ grade explained
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (6.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grandview Heights could be anywhere from A− to A+.
61% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Grandview Heights clocks in
61% of workers
4% of workers
2% 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.
How far it is to work from Grandview Heights
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Grandview Heights
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grandview Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,097 commuters (the 25% 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 Grandview Heights
6,914 jobs are based in Grandview Heights.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grandview Heights, 2014 → 2024: 5,079 → 6,914. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grandview Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Grandview Heights
On a workday 4,513 residents head out to work, 160 work right here, and 6,754 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Grandview Heights on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
In Grandview Heights, walking beats the bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.3% 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 5,429 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, 34% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 87% 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). 0.2% of Grandview Heights households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Grandview Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Grandview Heights is 107th of 2,855 U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Elburn IL | 7,084 | $128K | 5.4% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 106 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 107 | Grandview Heights OH | 9,112 | $118K | 6.0% | 1.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 108 | Canal Winchester OH | 10,058 | $131K | 4.5% | 1.7% | 8% | A+ |
| 109 | Solebury Township PA | 8,642 | $196K | 1.7% | 2.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,855 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Grandview Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Grandview Heights: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grandview Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview Heights | – | A+ | A− | 20 min | $117,672 |
| Marble Cliff | under 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Marble Cliff: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grandview Heights’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 2024, 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 Grandview Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Grandview Heights?
$117,672 (±$26,521) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grandview Heights?
6.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grandview Heights?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grandview Heights work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (61%, 3 mi), Dublin (4%, 11 mi), Upper Arlington (2%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Grandview Heights walkable?
Grandview Heights is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 15.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grandview Heights without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 34% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grandview Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grandview Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.