Photo: Greg Hume · CC BY-SA 4.0Greenhills has lower unemployment (2.5%) than 77% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Greenhills itself; outside it, Cincinnati draws the most (21%, 9 miles). Jobs and income earn Greenhills B+; getting around on foot earns it B+. The average commute takes 25 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Greenhills: the gist
Nearly all the work in Greenhills is services
96% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Greenhills pay little
32% of the jobs based in Greenhills pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Greenhills’ 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 ↓
Greenhills and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Greenhills residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Greenhills come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Greenhills residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Greenhills
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greenhills is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #359 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Greenhills’ grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($70,250, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greenhills could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Greenhills
1,184 jobs are based in Greenhills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenhills, 2013 → 2023: 1,254 → 1,184. 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 Greenhills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Greenhills’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenhills workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,334 commuters (the 17% 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.
Where people from Greenhills work
Where Greenhills clocks in
21% of workers
6% 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.
Half of Greenhills commutes less than 9 miles
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 many people are in Greenhills by day
On a workday 1,623 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 1,148 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Greenhills on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.71 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.
Getting around Greenhills: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenhills is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #154 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% 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 1,602 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, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% 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). 8.4% of Greenhills households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Greenhills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000, Greenhills ranks 1,206th of 4,318 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 43 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,204 | Whitmore Village HI | 4,105 | $105K | 11.2% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,205 | Diamond IL | 2,714 | $73K | 10.5% | 0.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,206 | Greenhills OH | 3,721 | $70K | 9.4% | 2.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,207 | Stockbridge Township MI | 3,998 | $80K | 5.9% | 2.6% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,208 | Bingham Township MI | 2,660 | $94K | 2.2% | 3.5% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | 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 Greenhills, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Greenhills and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Forest Park (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenhills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhills | – | B+ | B+ | 25 min | $70,250 |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 24 min | $73,682 |
| New Burlington | under 2% | C+ | C | 28 min | $72,733 |
| Forest Park | 3% | B | A− | 24 min | $75,956 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greenhills’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 Greenhills: questions
What is the median household income in Greenhills?
$70,250 (±$16,767) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenhills?
9.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenhills?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenhills work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (21%, 9 mi), West Chester Township (6%, 7 mi), Blue Ash (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greenhills walkable?
Greenhills is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenhills without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenhills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenhills
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.