Photo: Logan Rickert · CC BY 2.0At 3.4%, unemployment in Huber Heights is lower than in 63% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Huber Heights for work; outside it, Dayton is the main destination (19%, 7 miles). Huber Heights grades B+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Huber Heights and work: the main findings
A lot of Huber Heights works one town over
25% of working residents work in a town that borders Huber Heights: Dayton (19%), Vandalia (4%) and Harrison Township (2%). Next door ↓
Huber Heights draws workers from far and wide
The 12,885 jobs in Huber Heights are filled from a wide area. Huber Heights’ own residents hold 12% and the ten next-biggest home towns 28%; 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Huber Heights
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Huber Heights is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #377 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.6%, 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, Huber Heights could be anywhere from B to A−.
The places Huber Heights commutes to
Where Huber Heights clocks in
19% of workers
5% of workers
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.
Who works in Huber Heights, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 16,308 residents head out to work, 1,483 work right here, and 11,402 people come in from elsewhere.
About 39,000 people are in Huber Heights on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.72 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 2024, primary jobs.
What work there is in Huber Heights: 12,885 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huber Heights, 2014 → 2024: 11,828 → 12,885. 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 Huber Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Huber Heights takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Huber Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19,554 commuters (the 10% 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.
Half of Huber Heights commutes less than 10 miles
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Huber Heights: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Huber Heights is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #248 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% 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 21,804 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 58% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 73% 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). 4.6% of Huber Heights households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Huber Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Huber Heights is 476th among 985 U.S. towns of 31,000 to 59,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 4 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Dublin OH | 49,094 | $160K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 474 | Carrollwood FL | 36,725 | $82K | 8.4% | 4.5% | 5% | B+ |
| 475 | Newnan GA | 45,867 | $82K | 8.6% | 3.4% | 13% | B+ |
| 476 | Huber Heights OH | 43,905 | $79K | 9.6% | 3.4% | 8% | B+ |
| 477 | Cleburne TX | 39,942 | $71K | 10.0% | 2.0% | 22% | B+ |
| 478 | Weatherford TX | 40,634 | $82K | 10.0% | 3.2% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 985 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Huber Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Huber Heights and its neighbors: 25% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Huber Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huber Heights | – | B+ | B+ | 23 min | $79,131 |
| Dayton | 19% | C− | A+ | 20 min | $45,247 |
| Bethel Township | under 2% | A | B− | 21 min | $109,849 |
| Vandalia | 4% | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $73,275 |
| Riverside | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 21 min | $61,352 |
| Brandt | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Harrison Township | 2% | C− | A | 21 min | $45,125 |
| Bethel Township | under 2% | C | B− | 24 min | $66,519 |
| Wright-Patterson AFB | under 2% | A− | A | 13 min | $89,615 |
Same-state neighbors only. Brandt: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dayton. Darker towns draw more of Huber 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 Huber Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Huber Heights?
$79,131 (±$3,614) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Huber Heights?
9.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huber Heights?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huber Heights work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dayton (19%, 7 mi), Beavercreek (5%, 9 mi), Vandalia (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Huber Heights walkable?
Huber Heights is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Huber Heights without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Huber Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Huber 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.