Households in Kings Mills earn more than those in 93% of U.S. towns
19.1% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. The two grades for Kings Mills are B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 1% stay in Kings Mills for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (11%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kings Mills, in a few figures
Where Kings Mills’ Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Kings Mills is better than 70% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Kings Mills’ grade up ($139,643, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Kings Mills’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Kings Mills could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
A commute of about 18 minutes in Kings Mills
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kings Mills workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 669 commuters (the 14% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Kings Mills
On a workday 640 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 611 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 (0.96 per resident).
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 towns that employ Kings Mills’ residents
Where Kings Mills clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
Kings Mills is a services town
620 jobs are based in Kings Mills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kings Mills, 2014 → 2024: 783 → 620. 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 Kings Mills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Kings Mills
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.
Most trips from Kings Mills start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kings Mills is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Kings Mills 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 779 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 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 67% 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). 0.0% of Kings Mills households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kings Mills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Kings Mills ranks 722nd of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 41 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 720 | Farmington WI | 1,398 | $88K | 8.6% | 3.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 721 | Newcastle CA | 1,585 | $109K | 12.4% | 2.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 722 | Kings Mills OH | 1,175 | $140K | 19.1% | 2.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 723 | Spring Point Township IL | 1,305 | $90K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 724 | Forest Township MN | 1,377 | $126K | 10.4% | 4.2% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Kings Mills, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Kings Mills compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Mason (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kings Mills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Mills | – | B+ | C | 18 min | $139,643 |
| Mason | 6% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $125,401 |
| South Lebanon | under 3% | B | C− | 31 min | $104,511 |
| Hamilton Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 26 min | $119,478 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kings Mills’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 Kings Mills: questions
What is the median household income in Kings Mills?
$139,643 (±$64,061) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kings Mills?
19.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kings Mills?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kings Mills work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (11%, 21 mi), Lebanon (7%, 5 mi), Deerfield Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kings Mills walkable?
Kings Mills is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kings Mills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kings Mills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kings Mills
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.