Edwin M. Shield's House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Loveland earn more than those in 72% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Loveland for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (19%, 16 miles). Poverty touches 7.8% of residents, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. For jobs and income Loveland is better than 83% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Loveland’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. 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, Loveland could be anywhere from B to A+.
A workday in Loveland: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 5,593 residents head out to work, 255 work right here, and 3,876 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Loveland on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.71 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.
The towns that employ Loveland’s residents
Where Loveland clocks in
19% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Loveland
4,131 jobs are based in Loveland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loveland, 2014 → 2024: 3,695 → 4,131. 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 Loveland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Loveland: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loveland workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,404 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Loveland
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.
In Loveland, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,526 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 5.8% of Loveland households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Loveland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Loveland is 683rd among 2,526 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 681 | Lindon UT | 12,015 | $121K | 6.5% | 4.2% | 10% | A− |
| 682 | Bridgetown OH | 13,464 | $81K | 5.6% | 2.6% | 4% | A− |
| 683 | Loveland OH | 13,288 | $94K | 7.8% | 2.9% | 4% | A− |
| 684 | Elma NY | 11,667 | $116K | 3.8% | 5.1% | 9% | A− |
| 685 | Tanque Verde AZ | 15,866 | $122K | 2.3% | 4.4% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Loveland, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Loveland
The biggest share goes to Miami Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Loveland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loveland | – | A− | B− | 26 min | $94,323 |
| Symmes Township | 2% | A+ | B+ | 23 min | $157,136 |
| Miami Township | 3% | A | C+ | 28 min | $116,375 |
| Hamilton Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 26 min | $119,478 |
| Loveland Park | under 3% | A+ | C− | 27 min | $118,636 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Loveland’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 Loveland: questions
What is the median household income in Loveland?
$94,323 (±$9,061) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loveland?
7.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loveland?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loveland work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (19%, 16 mi), Blue Ash (6%, 6 mi), Mason (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Loveland walkable?
Loveland is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Loveland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loveland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loveland
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.