Photo: Ed!(Hall of Fame) · CC BY-SA 3.0Madeira’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 2.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio. Jobs and income earn Madeira A+; getting around on foot earns it B. 30% of workers have no commute at all, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Madeira apart
A lot of Madeira works from home
30% of Madeira workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Madeira works one town over
34% of working residents work in a town that borders Madeira: Cincinnati (31%) and Kenwood (3%). Next door ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Madeira
72% of Madeira residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Madeira pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Most Madeira residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Madeira are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
How Madeira earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Madeira is among the top U.S. towns, #4 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Madeira’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Madeira stays A+.
Time on the road from Madeira: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Madeira workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,121 commuters (the 30% 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.
What the 2,801 jobs in Madeira are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madeira, 2013 → 2023: 2,508 → 2,801. 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 Madeira’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Madeira
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.
Madeira on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,949 residents head out to work, 188 work right here, and 2,613 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,300 people are in Madeira on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.68 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 2023, primary jobs.
31% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Madeira clocks in
31% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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 Madeira, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Madeira is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #359 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 4,487 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 51% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 2% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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). 1.1% of Madeira households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Madeira’s commuters take a bus or train.
18th of 2,816: where Madeira ranks among U.S. towns of 6,700 to 13,000
| # | 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 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 5 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 16 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| 17 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| 18 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 19 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| 20 | Long Branch VA | 7,034 | $185K | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 29 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,816 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Madeira, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 34% of Madeira
The biggest share goes to Cincinnati (31%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madeira workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madeira | – | A+ | B | 18 min | $167,653 |
| The Village of Indian Hill | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 20 min | $234,821 |
| Columbia Township | under 2% | C | A | 20 min | $68,088 |
| Cincinnati | 31% | C− | A+ | 22 min | $52,909 |
| Silverton | under 2% | B+ | A | 19 min | $72,143 |
| Sycamore Township | under 2% | B | B | 21 min | $83,222 |
| Kenwood | 3% | B+ | B | 23 min | $110,212 |
| Concorde Hills | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
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 Madeira’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 Madeira: questions
What is the median household income in Madeira?
$167,653 (±$27,502) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madeira?
2.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madeira?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madeira work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (31%, 8 mi), Blue Ash (7%, 4 mi), Kenwood (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Madeira walkable?
Madeira is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Madeira without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 2% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Madeira, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madeira
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.