Photo: Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Hilliard has higher household incomes than 91% of U.S. towns
24% of workers have no commute at all; Ohio has 13%. Poverty touches 5.8% of residents, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Hilliard grades A for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hilliard, in brief
Hilliard trades workers with the towns around it
Hilliard has about as many jobs (21,024) as working residents (18,563), but they are mostly different people: 16,964 residents leave for work each day while 19,425 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Hilliard are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Hilliard and Columbus trade workers both ways
Columbus is the top workplace for Hilliard residents (47%) and also where the most people who work in Hilliard come from (35% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Hilliard
24% of Hilliard workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Hilliard has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hilliard went from 15,172 in 2013 to 21,024 in 2023, +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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Hilliard’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hilliard is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #77 of 992 in Ohio. Household income is its strongest input ($128,189, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hilliard could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How many people are in Hilliard by day
On a workday 16,964 residents head out to work, 1,599 work right here, and 19,425 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 (1.13 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.
47% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Hilliard clocks in
47% of workers
8% 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.
Commuting from Hilliard: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hilliard workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,063 commuters (the 24% 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.
What work there is in Hilliard: 21,024 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hilliard, 2013 → 2023: 15,172 → 21,024. 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 Hilliard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Hilliard goes 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.
In Hilliard, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hilliard is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #321 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% 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 21,030 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 15% 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 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% 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). 2.9% of Hilliard households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hilliard’s commuters take a bus or train.
99th of 1,135: where Hilliard ranks among U.S. towns of 27,000 to 53,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 6 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Tewksbury MA | 31,901 | $128K | 3.4% | 3.7% | 9% | A |
| 98 | Linton Hall VA | 41,876 | $179K | 2.2% | 3.8% | 3% | A |
| 99 | Hilliard OH | 38,898 | $128K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 9% | A |
| 100 | Needham MA | 32,897 | $214K | 3.7% | 4.4% | 10% | A |
| 101 | Orange Township OH | 41,832 | $146K | 4.4% | 3.5% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,135 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Hilliard, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 47% of Hilliard’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hilliard workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilliard | – | A | B | 22 min | $128,189 |
| Norwich Township | under 1% | A | B | 22 min | $130,801 |
| Columbus | 47% | B− | A | 22 min | $66,082 |
| Washington Township | under 1% | A+ | B | 23 min | $147,542 |
| Brown Township | under 1% | A− | C− | 24 min | $133,542 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Columbus. Darker towns draw more of Hilliard’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 Hilliard: questions
What is the median household income in Hilliard?
$128,189 (±$8,360) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hilliard?
5.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hilliard?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hilliard work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (47%, 10 mi), Dublin (8%, 6 mi), Westerville (2%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hilliard walkable?
Hilliard is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hilliard without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hilliard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hilliard
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.