Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAt 6.4%, unemployment in Hicksville is higher than in 78% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Hicksville itself; outside it, Butler draws the most (6%, 11 miles). Hicksville grades B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Hicksville: the gist
Hicksville trades workers with the towns around it
Hicksville has about as many jobs (1,622) as working residents (1,413), but they are mostly different people: 1,008 residents leave for work each day while 1,217 people come in. Only 25% of the jobs in Hicksville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Hicksville makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Hicksville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hicksville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 39%. 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.
What’s behind Hicksville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hicksville is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #651 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Hicksville’s grade up (4.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hicksville could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who commutes out of Hicksville, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,008 residents head out to work, 405 work right here, and 1,217 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 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.
37% of the jobs in Hicksville make or build things
1,622 jobs are based in Hicksville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hicksville, 2013 → 2023: 1,483 → 1,622. 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 Hicksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Hicksville to work: where people go
Where Hicksville clocks in
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.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hicksville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,369 commuters (the 8% 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 in the region Hicksville works
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Few in Hicksville walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hicksville is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #460 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Hicksville 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 1,485 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Hicksville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hicksville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600, Hicksville ranks 2,368th of 4,402 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,366 | Sugar Creek MO | 3,209 | $62K | 14.6% | 4.8% | 3% | B− |
| 2,367 | Buena NJ | 4,529 | $80K | 8.7% | 11.4% | 6% | B− |
| 2,368 | Hicksville OH | 3,427 | $63K | 4.3% | 6.4% | 29% | B− |
| 2,369 | Squaw Grove Township IL | 2,717 | $91K | 9.2% | 12.5% | 7% | B− |
| 2,370 | Dunleith Township IL | 3,487 | $70K | 8.2% | 5.3% | 16% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | 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 Hicksville, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Hicksville: questions
What is the median household income in Hicksville?
$63,088 (±$8,823) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hicksville?
4.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hicksville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hicksville work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Butler (6%, 11 mi), Wilmington Township (4%, 10 mi), Bryan (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hicksville walkable?
Hicksville is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hicksville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hicksville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hicksville
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.