Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFor about half of its working residents, Huber Ridge is a commute to Columbus
22% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. Jobs and income earn Huber Ridge A; getting around on foot earns it C−. Measured by household income, Huber Ridge is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Huber Ridge and work: the main findings
Nearly half of Huber Ridge works in Columbus
1,190 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Columbus, 8.2 miles away across the town line. That’s 49 times as many as work in Huber Ridge itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Huber Ridge than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Huber Ridge fell from 844 in 2014 to 477 in 2024, −43%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Huber Ridge is a place people come home to
There are 477 jobs based in Huber Ridge, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Huber Ridge has about 2,200 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Huber Ridge works from home
22% of Huber Ridge workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Huber Ridge
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Huber Ridge is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #72 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%). 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 Ridge could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Out of Huber Ridge to work: where people go
Where Huber Ridge clocks in
49% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Huber Ridge
477 jobs are based in Huber Ridge.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huber Ridge, 2014 → 2024: 844 → 477. 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 Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Huber Ridge by day
On a workday 2,395 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 459 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Huber Ridge on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.20 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.
Huber Ridge’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Huber Ridge workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,927 commuters (the 22% 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.
Huber Ridge’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Driving is how Huber Ridge gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Huber Ridge is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #736 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% 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 2,467 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). 0.9% of Huber Ridge households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Huber Ridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Huber Ridge is 217th of 4,023 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 215 | Greenland NH | 4,143 | $163K | 0.5% | 2.3% | 4% | A |
| 216 | Darby Township OH | 4,441 | $122K | 3.4% | 3.0% | 6% | A |
| 217 | Huber Ridge OH | 4,111 | $97K | 3.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| 218 | Clyde Hill WA | 3,161 | $250K | 2.6% | 4.7% | 1% | A |
| 219 | Green Tree PA | 4,672 | $92K | 6.4% | 0.3% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Ridge, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 49% of Huber Ridge
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Huber Ridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huber Ridge | – | A | C− | 23 min | $97,039 |
| Columbus | 49% | B− | A | 22 min | $66,082 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Columbus. Darker towns draw more of Huber Ridge’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 Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Huber Ridge?
$97,039 (±$6,372) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Huber Ridge?
3.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huber Ridge?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huber Ridge work?
1% work in town.
Is Huber Ridge walkable?
Huber Ridge is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Huber Ridge without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Huber Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Huber Ridge
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.