Most of Miami Heights commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 503 jobs in Miami Heights for 2,595 working residents. Jobs and income earn Miami Heights A+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Measured by household income, Miami Heights is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Miami Heights, in a few figures
Miami Heights and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Miami Heights residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Miami Heights come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Miami Heights is a place people come home to
There are 503 jobs based in Miami Heights, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Miami Heights has about 3,200 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Miami Heights pay little
32% of the jobs based in Miami Heights pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 30% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Miami Heights
65% of Miami Heights residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Miami Heights pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Miami Heights workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Miami Heights
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Miami Heights is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #57 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Miami Heights could be anywhere from A− to A+.
32% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Miami Heights clocks in
32% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Miami Heights
On a workday 2,569 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 477 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Miami Heights on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Miami Heights’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Miami Heights, 2013 → 2023: 537 → 503. 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 Miami Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Miami Heights: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Miami Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,118 commuters (the 15% 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.
How far Miami Heights 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.
Miami Heights is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Miami Heights is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #809 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Miami Heights near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,482 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 under 0.1 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). 1.2% of Miami Heights households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Miami Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
192nd of 3,582: where Miami Heights ranks among U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 190 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 191 | Burton Township IL | 4,885 | $126K | 3.1% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| 192 | Miami Heights OH | 5,269 | $118K | 2.5% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 193 | Priceville AL | 3,952 | $117K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 194 | Frontenac MO | 3,790 | $233K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | 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 Miami Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Miami Heights
The biggest share goes to Cleves (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Miami Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Heights | – | A+ | C− | 29 min | $118,125 |
| Grandview | under 2% | A− | D− | 26 min | $104,750 |
| Cleves | 2% | C+ | B− | 31 min | $77,188 |
| Mack | 2% | A | C− | 26 min | $121,609 |
| North Bend | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Bend: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Miami Heights’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 Miami Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Miami Heights?
$118,125 (±$7,598) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Miami Heights?
2.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Miami Heights?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Miami Heights work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (32%, 11 mi), Blue Ash (3%, 18 mi), Bridgetown (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Miami Heights walkable?
Miami Heights is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Miami Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Miami Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Miami Heights
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.