Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs, income and commuting in Heath, OH
At 24 minutes each way, commutes from Heath run about the Ohio average. The two grades for Heath are B for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten stay in Heath for work; outside it, Newark is the main destination (20%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Heath
Heath and Newark trade workers both ways
Newark is the top workplace for Heath residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Heath come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Heath is where the jobs are
Heath has 7,904 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Heath draws workers from far and wide
The 7,904 jobs in Heath are filled from a wide area. Heath’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 33%; the other 60% come from many towns beyond those. 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.
Where Heath’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Heath is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #461 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Heath’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($71,917, 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, Heath could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where Heath’s workers come from
Where Heath clocks in
20% of workers
18% of workers
3% 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.
Who leaves Heath for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,330 residents head out to work, 542 work right here, and 7,362 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Heath on a workday afternoon, 28% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
What Heath’s employers do
7,904 jobs are based in Heath.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Heath, 2013 → 2023: 7,526 → 7,904. 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 Heath’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Heath takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Heath workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,148 commuters (the 16% 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.
The distance from Heath to work
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.
Getting around Heath: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Heath is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #367 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Heath near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,948 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 6.0% of Heath households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Heath’s commuters take a bus or train.
Heath is 1,225th of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000 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 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,223 | Antioch IL | 15,000 | $109K | 7.9% | 8.2% | 9% | B |
| 1,224 | Leeds AL | 12,831 | $70K | 12.8% | 2.6% | 10% | B |
| 1,225 | Heath OH | 10,859 | $72K | 8.6% | 3.7% | 11% | B |
| 1,226 | South Union Township PA | 10,300 | $78K | 8.3% | 3.1% | 11% | B |
| 1,227 | Gonzales CA | 8,313 | $78K | 6.4% | 3.5% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Heath, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 22% of Heath’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Heath workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath | – | B | B | 24 min | $71,917 |
| Newark | 20% | C+ | B+ | 23 min | $61,670 |
| Union Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 24 min | $95,347 |
| Licking Township | under 2% | A− | C | 26 min | $92,048 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 33 min | $87,472 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | A | D− | 31 min | $114,516 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Newark. Darker towns draw more of Heath’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 Heath: questions
What is the median household income in Heath?
$71,917 (±$10,815) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Heath?
8.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Heath?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Heath work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newark (20%, 4 mi), Columbus (18%, 29 mi), Hebron (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Heath walkable?
Heath is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Heath without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Heath, from the people who make the trip.
More of Heath
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.