Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMaineville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B+: better than 75% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C: more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 71% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 28 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Maineville; the top destination outside it is Mason (9%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Maineville, in brief
Home offices are common in Maineville
36% of Maineville workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Maineville is a place people come home to
There are 134 jobs based in Maineville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Maineville has about 1,100 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Maineville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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; with 577 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Maineville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Maineville is better than 75% of U.S. towns. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Maineville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Maineville could be anywhere from B− to A.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maineville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 575 commuters (the 36% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Maineville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 577 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Maineville on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.23 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.
9% of working residents work in Mason
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Maineville clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
134 jobs are based in Maineville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maineville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maineville, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 134. 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.
Half of Maineville commutes less than 12 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Maineville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maineville is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 893 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 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.7% of Maineville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Maineville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Maineville is 785th of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Maineville, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 783 | Oakham MA | 1,917 | $102K | 4.4% | 2.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 784 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 785 | Maineville OH | 1,518 | $93K | 9.5% | 2.5% | 0% | B+ |
| 786 | Ten Mile Township KS | 1,611 | $122K | 12.5% | 2.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 787 | Eldred Township PA | 1,968 | $99K | 4.9% | 1.3% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
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 Maineville: questions
What is the median household income in Maineville?
$92,979 (±$13,132) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maineville?
9.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maineville?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maineville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mason (9%, 7 mi), Cincinnati (8%, 21 mi), Deerfield Township (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Maineville walkable?
Maineville is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maineville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maineville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maineville
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.