Mount Healthy Heights has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Mount Healthy Heights report 382 jobs, and 1,261 of its residents work somewhere. Mount Healthy Heights grades C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Mount Healthy Heights is behind 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mount Healthy Heights stands out on work
Mount Healthy Heights and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Mount Healthy Heights residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Mount Healthy Heights come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Mount Healthy Heights workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
The jobs in Mount Healthy Heights pay better than its residents’ jobs
76% of the jobs based in Mount Healthy Heights pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 59% of the jobs Mount Healthy Heights residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Mount Healthy Heights. The jobs ↓
Mount Healthy Heights is a place people come home to
There are 382 jobs based in Mount Healthy Heights, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mount Healthy Heights has about 2,400 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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 Mount Healthy Heights
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Healthy Heights is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #751 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Mount Healthy Heights’ grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($53,346, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Healthy Heights could be anywhere from D to A.
22% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Mount Healthy Heights clocks in
22% 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 daily trip from Mount Healthy Heights: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Healthy Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,570 commuters (the 0% 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.
76% of the jobs in Mount Healthy Heights pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Healthy Heights, 2014 → 2024: 364 → 382. 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 Mount Healthy Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Mount Healthy Heights, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,257 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 378 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Mount Healthy Heights on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Mount Healthy Heights
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.
The commute in Mount Healthy Heights is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Healthy Heights is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns, #230 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% 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 1,570 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 50% 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 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 14.0% of Mount Healthy Heights households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Mount Healthy Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Mount Healthy Heights is 2,798th of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,796 | Wade Township IL | 4,282 | $64K | 11.4% | 2.8% | 20% | C+ |
| 2,797 | Honaunau-Napoopoo HI | 2,629 | $94K | 7.8% | 5.7% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,798 | Mount Healthy Heights OH | 3,263 | $53K | 11.6% | 6.5% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,799 | Woodson Terrace MO | 3,902 | $47K | 26.9% | 3.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,800 | Lake City PA | 2,842 | $75K | 10.8% | 5.6% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Mount Healthy Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Mount Healthy Heights compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Healthy Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Healthy Heights | – | C+ | B+ | 22 min | $53,346 |
| Northgate | under 2% | B+ | A− | 27 min | $73,672 |
| Pleasant Run | under 2% | B− | C− | 24 min | $79,537 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Healthy 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 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 Mount Healthy Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Healthy Heights?
$53,346 (±$15,722) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Healthy Heights?
11.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Healthy Heights?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Healthy Heights work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (22%, 10 mi), West Chester Township (6%, 9 mi), Fairfield (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Mount Healthy Heights walkable?
Mount Healthy Heights is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Healthy Heights without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Healthy Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Healthy Heights
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.