Photo: Greg Hume · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Mariemont have higher incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 23% of workers (Ohio 13%). 3.9% of residents are in poverty; Ohio has 13.3%. Mariemont grades A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mariemont: the figures worth knowing
Mariemont trades workers with the towns around it
Mariemont has about as many jobs (1,621) as working residents (1,485), but they are mostly different people: 1,417 residents leave for work each day while 1,553 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Mariemont are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Mariemont residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Mariemont and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Mariemont residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Mariemont come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Mariemont works from home
23% of Mariemont workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Mariemont
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mariemont is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #27 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Mariemont’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mariemont could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who leaves Mariemont for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,417 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 1,553 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 (1.09 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The distance from Mariemont 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.
34% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Mariemont clocks in
34% of workers
6% 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.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Mariemont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mariemont workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,249 commuters (the 23% 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.
Goods, not services: 30% of the jobs in Mariemont
1,621 jobs are based in Mariemont.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mariemont, 2013 → 2023: 2,040 → 1,621. 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 Mariemont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Mariemont: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mariemont is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #370 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,616 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 97% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 67% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 78% 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). 2.5% of Mariemont households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mariemont’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Mariemont is 92nd 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Braddock Heights MD | 2,892 | $124K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 91 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 92 | Mariemont OH | 3,499 | $152K | 3.9% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| 93 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| 94 | South Coventry Township PA | 2,822 | $158K | 0.9% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Mariemont, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 36% of Mariemont
The biggest share goes to Cincinnati (34%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mariemont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mariemont | – | A+ | B | 22 min | $152,273 |
| Columbia Township | under 2% | C | A | 20 min | $68,088 |
| The Village of Indian Hill | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 20 min | $234,821 |
| Fairfax | 2% | A | A | 21 min | $75,000 |
| Plainville | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Anderson Township | under 2% | A | B+ | 24 min | $121,661 |
| Cincinnati | 34% | C− | A+ | 22 min | $52,909 |
| Madison Place | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Plainville and Madison Place: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mariemont’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 Mariemont: questions
What is the median household income in Mariemont?
$152,273 (±$46,018) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mariemont?
3.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mariemont?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mariemont work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (34%, 7 mi), Blue Ash (6%, 7 mi), Kenwood (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mariemont walkable?
Mariemont is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 16.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mariemont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 67% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mariemont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mariemont
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.