Photo: Ed!(Hall of Fame) · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Kenwood (8.7%) than in 91% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Kenwood itself; outside it, Cincinnati draws the most (31%, 8 miles). Kenwood grades B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kenwood: the figures worth knowing
Kenwood fills up on a workday
Kenwood has 12,201 jobs, 3.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 17,000 people are in town, more than double the 8,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Kenwood draws workers from far and wide
The 12,201 jobs in Kenwood are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 30%; the other 69% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Kenwood and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Kenwood residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Kenwood come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Kenwood residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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’s behind Kenwood’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kenwood is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #365 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Kenwood’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kenwood could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who commutes out of Kenwood, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,102 residents head out to work, 169 work right here, and 12,032 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Kenwood on a workday afternoon, 107% more than live here.
3.7 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 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Kenwood
Where Kenwood clocks in
31% of workers
6% 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.
Miles to work from Kenwood
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.
What work there is in Kenwood: 12,201 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kenwood, 2014 → 2024: 14,545 → 12,201. 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 Kenwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Kenwood: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kenwood workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,012 commuters (the 17% 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.
Driving is how Kenwood gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kenwood is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #289 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% 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 3,634 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 61% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 12% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% 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). 7.2% of Kenwood households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Kenwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kenwood is 1,123rd of 3,012 U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 26 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,121 | Putnam Township MI | 7,797 | $96K | 12.3% | 2.4% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,122 | Wilmington Manor DE | 8,214 | $78K | 11.6% | 2.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,123 | Kenwood OH | 8,326 | $110K | 6.3% | 8.7% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,124 | Le Roy NY | 7,577 | $73K | 7.6% | 2.3% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,125 | Butler Township OH | 6,667 | $69K | 5.0% | 1.2% | 28% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,012 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Kenwood, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Kenwood and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Blue Ash (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kenwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenwood | – | B+ | B | 23 min | $110,212 |
| Deer Park | under 2% | A− | A− | 21 min | $83,371 |
| Madeira | under 2% | A+ | B | 18 min | $167,653 |
| Rossmoyne | under 2% | B+ | A | 18 min | $44,422 |
| Montgomery | 3% | A+ | B | 21 min | $150,995 |
| Columbia Township | under 2% | C | A | 20 min | $68,088 |
| Blue Ash | 6% | A+ | B | 20 min | $115,313 |
| Concorde Hills | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Silverton | under 2% | B+ | A | 19 min | $72,143 |
Same-state neighbors only. Concorde Hills: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kenwood’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 Kenwood: questions
What is the median household income in Kenwood?
$110,212 (±$17,346) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kenwood?
6.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kenwood?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kenwood work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (31%, 8 mi), Blue Ash (6%, 3 mi), Montgomery (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kenwood walkable?
Kenwood is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 12.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kenwood without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 12% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kenwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kenwood
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.