Photo: Brian Stansberry (photographer) · CC BY 4.0Lockland has higher unemployment (10.6%) than 95% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers; Ohio has 13%. Jobs and income earn Lockland C+; getting around on foot earns it A. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 6.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 15.3 in Cincinnati.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lockland at work: what stands out
Most Lockland residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
The jobs in Lockland pay better than its residents’ jobs
71% of the jobs based in Lockland pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 50% of the jobs Lockland residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Lockland. The jobs ↓
Lockland and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Lockland residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Lockland come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lockland is where the jobs are
Lockland has 2,444 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Lockland makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Lockland are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lockland residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Lockland
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lockland is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #730 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Lockland’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lockland could be anywhere from C− to A−.
How far Lockland 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.
Lockland works in goods: 41% of its jobs
2,444 jobs are based in Lockland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lockland, 2013 → 2023: 2,056 → 2,444. 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 Lockland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Lockland
Where Lockland clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
In and out of Lockland on a workday
On a workday 1,573 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 2,391 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Lockland on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
1.5 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 2023, primary jobs.
From Lockland, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lockland workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,594 commuters (the 5% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Lockland
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lockland is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #28 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above 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 1,673 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 35% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% 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). 4.0% of Lockland households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Lockland’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lockland ranks: 2,751st of 4,535 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 42 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,749 | Reading Township OH | 4,465 | $72K | 15.7% | 3.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,750 | Eastover NC | 3,743 | $85K | 13.4% | 6.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,751 | Lockland OH | 3,499 | $58K | 9.2% | 10.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,752 | Combes TX | 3,255 | $46K | 27.2% | 1.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,753 | Pine Creek Township PA | 3,425 | $59K | 14.9% | 2.0% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Lockland, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Lockland and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Evendale (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lockland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockland | – | C+ | A | 19 min | $57,969 |
| Arlington Heights | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Lincoln Heights | under 3% | D | B | 20 min | $26,860 |
| Reading | 2% | B− | A− | 18 min | $61,866 |
| Wyoming | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $165,188 |
| Evendale | 3% | A+ | B− | 20 min | $148,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Arlington Heights: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lockland’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 Lockland: questions
What is the median household income in Lockland?
$57,969 (±$15,417) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lockland?
9.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lockland?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lockland work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (19%, 7 mi), Fairfield (6%, 8 mi), West Chester Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lockland walkable?
Lockland is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lockland without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 35% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lockland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lockland
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.